[Bug 225159] `make installkernel’ should display a “completed” message if done

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225159

            Bug ID: 225159
           Summary: `make installkernel’ should display a “completed”
                    message if done
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: kern
          Assignee: freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: wosch at FreeBSD.org

If you build a kernel you will see in the log output some status messages as

$ make buildkernel
>>> Kernel build for GENERIC started on Sun Jan 14 05:03:57 PST 2018
>>> stage 1: configuring the kernel
[...]
>>> Kernel build for GENERIC completed on Sun Jan 14 05:54:22 PST 2018

If you see the message “Kernel build for GENERIC completed” then you know the
kernel was successfully build.

if you install the kernel

$ make installkernel
>>> Installing kernel GENERIC
[....]
kldxref /boot/kernel

There is no  “Installing kernel GENERIC completed” message. It is not obvious
if the kernel installation was successfully.

BTW, we should also display the time when the kernel was installed, as we do
for the build.

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