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EmeraldShield

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 5:24 pm
Post subject: buildkernel KERNCONF=MACHINE builds GENERIC
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I have always built the kernel using the conf method that now seems to be
deprecated according the the FreeBSD Handbook online. So I decided to try
the "new" and improved way to build the kernel...

\usr\src
make buildkernel KERNCONF=QUADXEON

QUADXEON is a file that I copied from GENERIC and edited to turn on SMP and
comment out some other options. I left it in the same location as GENERIC,
and I did not run config (the new way doesn't say to do this).

The problem is that I still get a GENERIC kernel. Why? Is the
documentation wrong, or did I leave the file in the wrong location
(/usr/src/sys/i386/conf)?

Thanks.

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EmeraldShield

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:00 pm
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> > \usr\src
> > make buildkernel KERNCONF=QUADXEON
> >
>
> Did you set KERNCONF in make.conf by any chance?

The online manual says to pass it on the command line like above.

So I should edit the make.conf?

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Lars Eighner

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:00 pm
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In our last episode,
,
the lovely and talented EmeraldShield
broadcast on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:

>> > \usr\src
>> > make buildkernel KERNCONF=QUADXEON
>> >
>>
>> Did you set KERNCONF in make.conf by any chance?

> The online manual says to pass it on the command line like above.

> So I should edit the make.conf?

Did you change the name of the kernel in the ident line of
the kernel conf?

i.e.

ident GENERIC
to
ident QUADXEON

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EmeraldShield

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:21 pm
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>
> Did you change the name of the kernel in the ident line of
> the kernel conf?
>
> i.e.
>
> ident GENERIC
> to
> ident QUADXEON
>

Yes I did. When I do a config QUADXEON and build the old way I do see
QUADXEON in uname -a after a reboot. Now I see GENERIC again (without SMP
also).
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:25 pm
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>
> >> > \usr\src
> >> > make buildkernel KERNCONF=QUADXEON
> >> >

Looking in Makefile.incl I have found:

..if !defined(KERNCONF) && defined(KERNEL)
KERNCONF= ${KERNEL}
KERNWARN= yes
..else
KERNCONF?= GENERIC
..endif
INSTKERNNAME?= kernel


Should I then be using KERNEL= instead of KERNELCONF=?
I also tried setting KERNELCONF=QUADXEON in the make.conf and it made no
difference.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:31 pm
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I found it... I was spelling out KERNEL in KERNCONF (note the EL)

===========================================
gunslinger# make buildkernel KERNEL=QUADXEON
--------------------------------------------------------------
>>> WARNING: KERNEL= setting should be changed to KERNCONF=
--------------------------------------------------------------

gunslinger# make buildkernel KERNCONF=QUADXEON

--------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Kernel build for QUADXEON started on Thu Jan 8 18:29:54 EST 2004
--------------------------------------------------------------
===> QUADXEON


Never mind! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction though guys!
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Robert Downes

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 12:17 pm
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EmeraldShield wrote:
> I have always built the kernel using the conf method that now seems to be
> deprecated according the the FreeBSD Handbook online. So I decided to try
> the "new" and improved way to build the kernel...
>
> \usr\src
> make buildkernel KERNCONF=QUADXEON
>
> QUADXEON is a file that I copied from GENERIC and edited to turn on SMP and
> comment out some other options. I left it in the same location as GENERIC,
> and I did not run config (the new way doesn't say to do this).
>
> The problem is that I still get a GENERIC kernel. Why? Is the
> documentation wrong, or did I leave the file in the wrong location
> (/usr/src/sys/i386/conf)?

This is gonna sound insulting, but...

Have you done a `make installkernel KERNCONF=QUADXEON` to actually
install the kernel into the correct place once it's built?

Are you building and installing the whole world specially for the
kernel? (I don't think that not building a new world would cause the
problem you're seeing, but it might cause other problems later.)
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