Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:51:54 -0500 From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel names Message-ID: <2f54bb9d-b7e0-9f4a-b894-6d72c7470b24@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CALM2mE=_76KGhBXK3N0BZe%2B5UdcKGaGh37DFfpRbbkS88uVV4g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALM2mE=_76KGhBXK3N0BZe%2B5UdcKGaGh37DFfpRbbkS88uVV4g@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/14/2017 00:47, blubee blubeeme wrote: > When you boot into FreeBSD and you can select kernels, there's only 2 > options: > default and kernel.old > > Is there a way to have better output and support multiple kernels without > having to login to the system and running uname -v or something like that? > > Would it be possible to add options for more kernels from that boot menu? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > The list is controlled by the /boot/loader.conf variable kernels= which defaults to "kernel kernel.old" I have a patch almost ready to land that will search all subdirectories of /boot for a file named 'kernel' and add the names of those directories to the list, such that the list will basically be autogenerated. It currently contains too much copy/pasted code, and I just need to clean it up a bit: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D11886 It was originally designed as part of my contributions towards packaged base, where pkg will keep the last N (default to 5 I think) kernel packages you have installed around, incase an upgrade goes bad. This feature will work on any filesystem supported by the loader. -- Allan Jude
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