Thanks alot for the info Norman. On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 08:26:56PM +0059, Norman Golisz wrote: > On Sun Dec 9 2012 11:59, John Long wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 12:21:34PM +0100, Paul de Weerd wrote: > > > Alternatively, you can `make` GENERIC and `make install` GENERIC.MP. > > > Or just skip making the SP kernel, you don't need to have it around > > > per se ;) > > > > I didn't know if make generic would leave a finished bsd.sp kernel in / > > Not sure what the kernel make install target does, since I wasn't paying > > attention after building the kernel a bunch of times on my Fuloong box. > > In both cases, whether it's GENERIC or GENERIC.MP, `make install` installs > the kernel to /bsd: > > rm -f /obsd > ln /bsd /obsd > cp bsd /nbsd > mv /nbsd /bsd > > > If make builds a kernel and leaves it in / and just doesn't point the > > bootloader at it that will be enough and I'll just make install the mp > > kernel like I think you are saying. > > The bootloader loads /bsd by default. So, if you're about to provide > both versions, and you generally want GENERIC.MP to be loaded, you'd > `make install` GENERIC.MP, and than manually copy the binary from > GENERIC to /bsd.sp. > > At the boot prompt, you may choose the SP kernel by typing `boot bsd.sp`.
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