Warning: KLD '/boot/kernel/linux.ko' is newer than the linker.hints

[Peter Steele]

> Probably you installed that files _after_ linker.hints is generated, 
> just make sure that they are still compatible with /boot/kernel/kernel 

Perhaps its a matter of the process we're using. I first install the GENERIC kernel into the image I am creating: 

export DESTDIR=${IMAGE_DIR} 
export DIST=/mnt/7.0-RELEASE 
pushd ${DIST}/kernels 
./install.sh GENERIC 
popd 

and then I apply our custom kernel: 

cd ${IMAGE_DIR}/boot 
mv kernel kernel.orig 
cd ${IMAGE_DIR} 
gzip -d < /mnt2/CUSTOM.tgz | tar xvpf - 

The CUSTOM.tgz file was created for me by one of our kernel guys, and I checked the archive and there is a new linux.ko file in the archive but no linker.hints file. We don't make any changes to linux.ko but it is likely being recompiled when the custom kernel is created. So I suspect I can ignore this warning but am I missing something in the process. When a new kernel is created, is there a new linker.hints file that should be included in the tarball?