2008/2/25, Don Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The issue is that when building and installing new kernels (eg, when a
new security patch is released), it is not totally obvious to the
(automated) build script what the file /bsd really is, is it the
uniprocessor kernel, or a link to the
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 01:15:56PM +0100, Piotrek Kapczuk wrote:
2008/2/25, Don Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The issue is that when building and installing new kernels (eg, when a
new security patch is released), it is not totally obvious to the
(automated) build script what the file /bsd
OpenBSD kernel support on some architectures (I'm familiar with i386
and amd64) includes both a uniprocessor and multiprocessor version of
the kernel.
Currently the uniprocessor kernel is named bsd and the multiprocessor
kernel is named bsd.mp
It seems to me that /bsd is currently overloaded to
While I have no stake in this issue, I think as a user /bsd and /bsd.mp are
fine. As a new user, I have to determine what the diff is between /bsd and
/bsd.mp now, and if it was changed to /bsd.up and /bsd.mp, I'd still have to
determine which was which.
Am I missing something?
Jay
OpenBSD
The issue is that when building and installing new kernels (eg, when a
new security patch is released), it is not totally obvious to the
(automated) build script what the file /bsd really is, is it the
uniprocessor kernel, or a link to the multiprocessor kernel?
If the latter, than blindly copying
On 2/25/08, Don Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Users who wanted to
run the mp kernel could arrange to change this link in their install
process (eg their install.site script)
Or you can just run
echo set image bsd.mp /etc/boot.conf
after installation.
I propose that by default, the uniprocessor version of the kernel be
named bsd.up, and that the install process
arrange to have /bsd link to /bsd.up by default. Users who wanted to
run the mp kernel could arrange to change this link in their install
process (eg their install.site
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:06:18AM -0800, Don Jackson wrote:
| The issue is that when building and installing new kernels (eg, when a
| new security patch is released), it is not totally obvious to the
| (automated) build script what the file /bsd really is, is it the
| uniprocessor kernel, or a
Matt and Paul,
Thank you for the information about boot.conf, using that will enable
me to keep the uniprocessor and multiprocessor versions of the kernel
distinct.
I think I was led astray initially by this comment in Section 8.12 in the FAQ:
A separate SMP kernel, bsd.mp, is provided
On 2/25/08, Tasmanian Devil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
/bsd (the kernal in use, whichever it is) is a copy of one of
them then, easy to identify by its file size. For me that's easier
than with a link.
Examining output of uname -v is probably even easier. :-)
On 2008-02-25, Paul de Weerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
bsd is UP, bsd.mp is MP.
..unless you did cd /sys/arch/$ARCH/compile/GENERIC.MP make install.
bsd is UP, bsd.mp is MP. If you want to boot MP, boot bsd.mp.
That seems to be even easier than my additional kernel file (my other
posts in this thread). I'll try that with the next upgrade.
Tas.
/bsd (the kernal in use, whichever it is) is a copy of one of
them then, easy to identify by its file size. For me that's easier
than with a link.
Examining output of uname -v is probably even easier. :-)
If I check which kernel my /bsd file is (during update/upgrade), then
that's
Don Jackson wrote:
Matt and Paul,
Thank you for the information about boot.conf, using that will enable
me to keep the uniprocessor and multiprocessor versions of the kernel
distinct.
I think I was led astray initially by this comment in Section 8.12 in the FAQ:
A separate SMP
Nick Holland wrote:
Sometimes the way to avoid one error opens the door to three
or four others.
That's why I lurk on this list.
Good advice regardless of context.
Thanks.
Hi,
Tasmanian Devil schrieb:
Don't want to say your proposal is good or bad, but I use another way
to make life easy for me on multiprocessor machines. I keep a copy of
all three kernels in / with the uniprocessor kernel renamed to bsd.sp
(for single processor, might not be the perfect name,
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