Kernel compile problems

Joseph Koshy joseph.koshy at gmail.com
Fri Feb 25 17:21:08 GMT 2005


> Thank you - if I understand the process, this is what I need to do?
> 
> make buildworld
> make installworld
> 
> make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC
> make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC

/usr/src/UPDATING is your friend.

(look for the text after "COMMON ITEMS")

Using config(8) alone (the traditional way) will generally
work withing a -stable branch.  The canonical (i.e., supported)
way to upgrade a kernel or world is via the procedure
spelled out in /usr/src/UPDATING.


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