From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 26 15:57:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF0EF16A4B3; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:57:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40DD744028; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:57:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from salty.rapid.stbernard.com (corp-2.ipinc.com [199.245.188.2]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CC0972DD3; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:57:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr.com To: Rob Lahaye , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:57:13 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <3F727CAB.7000708@users.sourceforge.net> In-Reply-To: <3F727CAB.7000708@users.sourceforge.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309261557.13695.wes@softweyr.com> cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to generate and test GENERIC-STABLE kernel ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 22:57:17 -0000 On Wednesday 24 September 2003 22:27, Rob Lahaye wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering whether the GENERIC files (e.g. in > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC) are also updated when I cvsup the > source-tree for building a new world and kernel. Haven't seen any > change to GENERIC so far. Yes, they are. The GENERIC file isn't changed all that often in STABLE right now, because it is, er, "stable." ;^) > I suppose for testing the new upcoming release, we should also verify > whether the GENERIC kernel works properly, shouldn't we? Yes, that would be nice. > If yes, what's the proper way of doing that? Build a GENERIC kernel, install it, boot it, run a bunch of software on it and make sure it runs adequately. As an interested aside, benchmark something you use a lot on GENERIC and on your custom kernel and verify your custom kernel is at least as fast, perhaps faster, than GENERIC. Alternatively, once the Release Candidate builds start popping up, download ISO images and install from them on a variety of hardware to verify sysinstall & etc. are still functioning well, too. Thank you for volunteering! -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com