FreeBSD 10-ALPHA5

[gpatrick]

I've built a custom kernel a hundred times in FreeBSD using the traditional way and the new way. Now I'm trying to build a custom kernel for VIMAGE on ALPHA5 for testing, yet it errors:

/usr/src # make buildkernel KERNCONF=CUSTOM
ERROR: Missing kernel configuration file(s) (CUSTOM).
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make[1]: stopped in /usr/src
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/src

This is my CUSTOM config:

include GENERIC
ident CUSTOM

nomakeoptions DEBUG
nooptions SCTP
options VIMAGE
device epair
device if_bridge
options NULLFS

Has something changed in version 10? Or is this something due to version 10?

 

[freesbies]

Please, read this: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=40469
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Try FreeBSD 9.2 which is a STABLE branch of the operating system or join the freebsd-current mailing list.

 

[kpa]

Sounds like you store the configuration file outside the source tree and forgot to re-link the configuration file under /usr/src/sys/$arch/conf.

 

[ShelLuser]

I'm with @kpa here, but there could be another explanation: you did link your configuration file but used the wrong architecture. You can check as much by using uname -m.

Keep in mind; the argument which you use with KERNCONF needs to be a valid filename within the kernel source tree (and inside the right architecture location).