keeping up-to-date on RPi2/FreeBSD11

[Ulrich Grey]

On Sat, 5 Sep 2015 13:53:16 +0100
John <freebsd-lists at potato.growveg.org> wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> I'd like to keep my system up-to-date. Also, might be able to speed up
> the system a bit by removing options witness/invariants. Although I can find
> plenty of informative websites detailing how to initially build (using crotchet) 
> and install FreeBSD on RPi2, I can't find where (for RPi2) to configure the 
> kernel and build/installworld in-place on the RPi2. I can see the crossbuild 
> targets in /usr/src/Makefile on another -CURRENT machine but thought I'd ask 
> here first as freebsd-arm evolves very rapidly. Basically, I need to know:
> 
> 1. where the kernel config file is

/usr/src/sys/arm/conf

> 2. how to build/install a new world on this platform

See: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html

Add swapspace.
To change to single user mode I think you need a serial console.

> 
> for an in-place upgrade like you'd do on i386/amd64
> 
> thanks, 
> -- 
> John
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