From 70ac91a2e94e10596922a0e7ea3e0c60609e9154 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eitan Adler Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 01:00:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Move up the correct way to compile the kernel This makes the correct way more prominent. Also removes references to FreeBSD 4.x Reviewed By: allanjude --- .../kernelbuild/chapter.xml | 38 ++++++------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kernelbuild/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kernelbuild/chapter.xml index 7a76ff2d49..f6db3e4312 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kernelbuild/chapter.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kernelbuild/chapter.xml @@ -11,15 +11,11 @@ build process. To debug the &os; kernel it is required to be able to build one. There are two known ways to do so: - - - The Traditional Way - - - - The New Way - - + The supported procedure to build and install a kernel + is documented in the + Building and + Installing a Custom Kernel chapter of the &os; + Handbook. It is supposed that the reader of this chapter is familiar @@ -31,18 +27,14 @@ - Building a Kernel the <quote>Traditional</quote> Way + Building the Faster but Brittle Way - Up to version 4.X of &os; this was the recommended way to - build a new kernel. It can still be used on newer versions - (instead of the buildkernel target of the toplevel - /usr/src/ makefiles). - Building the kernel this way may be useful when working on the + Building the kernel this way may be useful when working on + the kernel code and it may actually be faster than the - New procedure when only a single option or two were - tweaked in the kernel configuration file. On the other hand, it - might lead to unexpected kernel build breakage when used by - beginners on newer versions of &os;. + documented procedure when only a single option or two were + tweaked in the kernel configuration file. On the other hand, + it might lead to unexpected kernel build breakage. @@ -75,12 +67,4 @@ - - Building a Kernel the <quote>New</quote> Way - - This procedure is well supported and recommended under the - latest &os; releases and is documented in the Building and - Installing a Custom Kernel chapter of the &os; - Handbook. -