Re: different ways of building kernel

On Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM void <[email protected]> wrote:

> This pertains to -current.
>
> Apart from the usual way (make buildkernel) there is also the other,
> older way:
>
> cd /usr/src/sys/$arch/conf
> config KERNELNAME
> cd ../../KERNELNAME && make cleandepend && make depend
>
> If make depend is run in this way and *then*
> cd /usr/src && make buildkernel
>
> 1. are the contents of ../../KERNELNAME used in the buildkernel step
>

No. the paths are different for buildkernel.


> 2. if filemon & meta mode is enabled and loaded, are they used in the
> 'make depend'
>     step above?
>

I believe so, but I've not built the kernel the old way with metamode
enough to remember what happens.

Warner