Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:50:36 -0800 (PST) From: "Chris H" <chris#@1command.com> To: "Warren Block" <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Derek Kulinski <takeda@takeda.tk>, bright@mu.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where do I purchace an unlock code to build a custom kernel? Message-ID: <b6038444468b25690f850a59930de537.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211240830080.13869@wonkity.com> References: <27e2b51a63d1a04a3f5035ea2bfd215b.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <b518dcdcd1129ea5bacb4c6656f462f3.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <1864583315.20121123233938@takeda.tk> <7d9b8b9da9bbf74a134fb581bc133ec1.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <1147916428.20121124000013@takeda.tk> <8c535b696c2a9cd805d68f52633c3044.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211240830080.13869@wonkity.com>
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> On Sat, 24 Nov 2012, Chris H wrote: > >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> Friday, November 23, 2012, 11:50:16 PM, you wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you! Yes, I _did_ know k7 was actually i(x)86, but figured config(8) >>>> would "throw me a bone" if it were wrong. Greetings, and thank you for your reply. >>>> Anyway, I'll take your advice. >>> >>> There are some architecture specific settings there, so it is best to >>> actually do this and fail it early (well if you would do buildkernel >>> it would be earlier :) than getting some strange errors. >>> >>> If you were thinking to just copy it to i386 directory, to save you >>> future issues, I would recommend you to redo the config based on >>> GENERIC in i386 directory. >> >> Understood. That's what I did (i386/GENERIC --> CUSTOM). >> I _knew_ there would be issue(s) otherwise. >> >> Thank you again for the advice. Looks to be working as expected. :) > > Rather than copy and modify, a custom config can include the GENERIC > config and override settings. That generally makes the custom config > file smaller and easier to maintain: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/kernelconfig.html Excellent advice. In fact I now feel fairly embarrassed, as your suggestion seems so _obvious_. :P Thanks, that will _definitely_ be my course of action, going forward (as will cross-compiling on my 6 core AMD64 for this k7) :) Best wishes. --Chris >
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