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From: Chris Pepper <pepper@rockefeller.edu>
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Subject: Handbook: treatment of KERNCONF is inconsistent.
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>Number:         39852
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Handbook: treatment of KERNCONF is inconsistent.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jun 25 11:50:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:    Thu Oct 03 18:32:38 PDT 2002
>Last-Modified:  Thu Oct 03 18:32:38 PDT 2002
>Originator:     Chris Pepper
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD guest.reppep.com 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #0: Tue Jun 18 21:27:59 EDT 2002 pepper@guest.reppep.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386


	
>Description:
	<http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html> says custom kernels are becoming an anachronism, but <http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/x7703.html> says everybody should build a custom kernel. These should be reconciled.
	<http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html> describes KERNCONF= for specifying one's custom kernel, but <http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/makeworld.html> doesn't mention KERNCONF.
	<http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/small-lan.html> mentions putting KERNCONF in /etc/make.conf, but if it's a valid setting, shouldn't there be at least a commented example in /etc/defaults/make.conf?
>How-To-Repeat:
	Review the mentioned sections of the handbook.
>Fix:
	Decide on when custom kernels are called for, and make the Handbook consistent on this point.
	Add a mention of KERNCONF to the procedure for updating source in cutting-edge, with a pointer to kernelconfig for more info.
	Add a commented out example KERNCONF line to /etc/defaults/make.conf.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: trhodes 
State-Changed-When: Thu Oct 3 18:31:48 PDT 2002 
State-Changed-Why:  
I've added a 'note' on building a kernel aside from GENERIC using the same KERNELCONF line 
as talked about in the custom kernel chapter. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=39852 
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