Rick Macklem <rmack...@uoguelph.ca> writes: >> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 08:05:41PM -0400, Rick Macklem wrote: >> > Just a heads up that after a commit going into stable/8 in a few >> > minutes, you'll need to do a fresh kernel build, starting at >> > "config GENERIC", including rebuilding the NFS related modules. >> >> Rick, >> >> Can you explain why a kernel reconfig would be required if the >> kernel configuration (e.g. GENERIC) hasn't been changed? >> >> http://www.freshbsd.org/?branch=RELENG_8&project=freebsd >> >> Possibly the commit site doesn't have the most recent commits? >> >> I guess what I'm asking is: why is a kernel reconfig required if only >> the NFS code itself changed? A buildworld/buildkernel should be >> sufficient, no? >> > The commit moved the files used for a diskless root NFS from sys/nfsclient > to sys/nfs. As such, sys/conf/files has changed and, therefore, fresh > kernel Makefiles need to be built. I thought that "config KERNEL" is what > does that, but if buildkernel does, then "config KERNEL" isn't needed.
It does by default, but the heads-up is still appreciated. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
