On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 11:46:02AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Ultima <ultima1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If multiple kernels are being installed like this, eg KERNCONF="FOO BAR", > > which of the two would be default during boot? FOO because it came first? > > > Correct. At least, that's the way it's worked in the past, and something > I've used quite a bit on FreeBSD 7-9. I always have GENERIC and a custom > kernel listed in KERNCONF, with my custom kernel listed first. > KERNCONF="FIREWALL GENERIC" for exmaple. That way, my custom kernel is > installed as /boot/kernel, and GENERIC is installed as > /boot/kernel.GENERIC, which provides me with a fall-back in case I screw > something up with my custom kernel (happens frequently). :) > > I used to do it manually using two separate installkernel steps using an > env var to specify the installation directory (/boot/GENERIC) (forget the > name of that var right now), but switched to using the automatic > installation behaviour when it became available. Simplified things a bit. > > I haven't compiled a kernel on 10+ yet; hopefully the behaviour hasn't > changed. ;)
It has not changed, and the same behavior will be present for 11.0 in that "whatever installkernel does, packaged base will follow the behavior." Glen
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