FreeBSD 6.0 - SMP Generic Kernels via freebsd-update

Colin Percival cperciva at freebsd.org
Sun Mar 12 20:11:40 UTC 2006


Kenneth Bond wrote:
> I am trying to confirm whether or not Generic SMP kernels for
> FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE are offered via freebsd-update, as they
> were with 5.3-RELEASE, 5.4-RELEASE, etc.
> 
> Basically does the procedure described at the URL below work
> for the 6.0-RELEASE?
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2005-June/002975.html

Yes.  Starting with 6.1-RELEASE, this sort of ugly hack should be
unnecessary, since SMP kernels are going to be distributed as part
of the release.

Colin Percival


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