Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:28:06 -0500 From: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@riderway.com> To: "Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com" <Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com> Cc: "Philip M. Gollucci" <philip@ridecharge.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Determining kernel? Message-ID: <47559C36.3040805@riderway.com> In-Reply-To: <47559CF4.6050605@studsvik.com> References: <4755900F.3080906@studsvik.com> <475594E1.90702@riderway.com> <47559CF4.6050605@studsvik.com>
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Patrick Baldwin wrote: > Philip M. Gollucci wrote: >> Patrick Baldwin wrote: >>> I was reading through the handbook section on updating, as I'd >>> like to update a FreeBSD 6.2 system. One of the things I noticed >>> is that you need to specify what kernel you want in the KERNCONF >>> line. Is there any way to get a running FreeBSD system to tell >>> me what kernel is being used? >> uname -a >> FreeBSD philip.hq.rws 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Tue Nov 6 >> 16:28:12 EST 2007 >> pgollucci@philip.hq.rws:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RIDERWAY i386 >> >> Notice the path at the end. >> > > OK, the path at the end for me is: > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 That is GENERIC with except that is has support mutiple CPUs > > However, when I use uname -i as someone else suggested, it gives me: > SMP-GENERIC > > So which do I substitute for MYKERNEL in the KERNCONF lines: > > make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL make buildkernel KERNCONF=SMP OR, you can do echo "KERNCONF?=SMP" >> /etc/make.conf make buildkernel make installkernel In 7.0+ its /etc/src.conf If you ever compile a custom kernel you'd use that name instead. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip M. Gollucci (philip@ridecharge.com) o:703.549.2050x206 Senior System Admin - Riderway, Inc. http://riderway.com / http://ridecharge.com 1024D/EC88A0BF 0DE5 C55C 6BF3 B235 2DAB B89E 1324 9B4F EC88 A0BF Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching.home | help
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