Kernel upgrade how-to

[Glenn Dawson]

At 11:15 AM 5/12/2005, Mark Probert wrote:

>Hi ..
>
>Is there documentation on how to do a kernel upgrade?  I am looking at going
>from 5.3 to 5.4 and I am pretty sure that steps are:
>
>   (1) upgrade the /usr/src tree
>   (2) recomple the kernel
>   (3) install the new kernel
>
>I am not sure of the best or official way of doing (1).  Plus, am I missing
>something essential, like support libraries, changes in the boot process,
>etc.?

Section 19 in the handbook has all the details:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html

19.4 details the process of actually building everything.

Additionally, appendix A has details on how to update your source:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html

-Glenn


>Any help appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>--
>-mark.  (probertm at acm dot org)
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