kernel ident

[Matthew Seaman]

On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 07:10:43PM -0600, John Shelton wrote:
> the kernel configuration file contains the option 'ident.'
> 
> is the value of ident hardcoded into the kernel?
> 
> just curious. thanks.

Yes it is, but indirectly.  The 'ident' setting should be the same as
the filename you use for the kernel config, and controls the name of
the subdirectory where that kernel is compiled and linked.  That
directory name is one of the very first things the kernel prints out
on boot up:

    % head -11 /var/run/dmesg.boot
    Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop...stopped
    Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `bufdaemon' to stop...stopped
    Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...stopped
    
    syncing disks... 21 
    done
    Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project.
    Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
            The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
    FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #82: Sun Sep  5 12:08:24 BST 2004
        root at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HAPPY-IDIOT-TALK

See config(8) for more details.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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