On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 10:19:22PM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote:
> Warner Losh wrote:
> > In message <p05100307b7cfef6da22f@[207.76.207.129]> Mark Peek writes:
> > : Install a -current kernel on a 4.X or pre-kldxref (before 9/10/01)
> > : 5.X system. I sent a note to Warner mentioning he might want to put a
> > : comment about this in UPDATING.
> >
> > I'm just unsure how to describe it...
>
> It is actually non-fatal. It should probably be added to the list
> of tools to build for making the kernel.
>
This is not enough -- it should be made a cross-tool, much like
the gensetdefs in -STABLE is. The binary format produced is MD.
If we don't, we should disable it (-DNO_XREF) for cross-builds.
> It is probably worth having the rc scripts attempt to "refresh" it at
> bootup as well.. ie, something roughly like this:
> foreach $path (`sysctl -n kern.module_path | sed -e 's/;/ /`)
> if (-d $path)
> kldxref $path
> endif
> endfor
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