Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-14 Thread David O'Brien
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 06:11:20PM +0200, Niels Chr. Bank-Pedersen wrote: > Hmm, how about those of us doing buildworlds/buildkernels on > one (nfs)server for subsequent installworlds/installkernels > on multiple other machines? Use the `make reinstall' target with KERNEL_KO set to the name of th

Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-13 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sheldon Hearn writes: : Folks, I agree that it would be nice to have a reinstallkernel target in : src/Makefile.inc1. Other than that, it really does sound like : everyone's just arguing for the sake of being heard. Let's see if this knocks down the noise level: I

Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-12 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:11:20 +0200, "Niels Chr. Bank-Pedersen" wrote: > Hmm, how about those of us doing buildworlds/buildkernels on > one (nfs)server for subsequent installworlds/installkernels > on multiple other machines? You run buildkernel once, and then installkernel multiple times. Tha

Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-12 Thread Niels Chr. Bank-Pedersen
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 04:04:20PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:00:06 -0400, Michael Lucas wrote: > > > Some of us rebuild kernels without supping. I, for one, play with all > > sorts of kernel options to see what they do. > > Then you probably want the kernel rein

Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-12 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:00:06 -0400, Michael Lucas wrote: > Some of us rebuild kernels without supping. I, for one, play with all > sorts of kernel options to see what they do. Then you probably want the kernel reinstall target. I don't think that this target is available from src/Makefile.in

Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-12 Thread Michael Lucas
> > To remedy this, I suggest we have an option in /etc/defaults/make.conf > > to _not_ wipe out any modules in /boot/kernel (except kernel.ko of > > course) if modules are not built with kernel. > This sounds like a very bad idea, since it encourages folks to use > modules which are not synchroni

Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-12 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 05:33:10 -0400, Donn Miller wrote: > To remedy this, I suggest we have an option in /etc/defaults/make.conf > to _not_ wipe out any modules in /boot/kernel (except kernel.ko of > course) if modules are not built with kernel. This sounds like a very bad idea, since it encour

Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-12 Thread Donn Miller
With the latest kernel/module restructuring, the kernel is now installed as /boot/kernel/kernel.ko. So, basically, if one opts to _not_ build modules w/kernel as per /etc/make.conf, no modules are installed in /boot/kernel other than the kernel itself, kernel.ko. This means that various modules