> >
> > > > 3: *always* build (or try to) and install a new kernel before a
> > > > make world as that's a lot easier to back out of.
> > >
> > > This badly bites the bum of anyone who uses KLD's regularly.
> >
> > 4: Don't use modules in -current unless you know what you are doing.
> > This normally means not using modules in -current except for ones
> > that you are developing.
>
> This is not actually relevant. If the procedure becomes first kernel
> then world, it will affect -stable sooner or later. Obviously, we
> have to deal with it _before_ 4.x becomes -stable.
And then there is the stuff in /boot. Although not as big a problem,
once in a while it grows a new capabilty which is needed to boot a
new kernel, so it probably have to be installed before booting with
a new kernel?
John
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