Refresh my memory make release with a custom kernel

[Mehmet Erol Sanliturk]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 8:26 PM, Mark Saad <nonesuch at longcount.org> wrote:

> Igor
>   That did not work, the resulting kernel was still a GENERIC . For a
> work around
> I am just going to tar up /boot/kernel into my own kernel.txz. This is
> on 11.2-SATBLE/PRERELEASE
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 9:08 AM, Igor V. Ruzanov
> <igorr at pochta-mx.canmos.ru> wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, Mark Saad wrote:
> >
> > |Hi all
> > |  I can’t remember and I havent been able to find the right option to
> make a release with a custom kernel config .
> > |
> > |I did
> > |make buildworld
> > |make buildkernel KERNCONF=SUPERDOOPER
> > I usually run `make installkernel KERNCONF=SUPERDOOPER`, then reboot and
> > `make installworld` after kernel building step.
> >
> > |cd release
> > |make release KERNEL=SUPERDOOPER
> > |make install DESTDIR=/export/build/sd
> > |
> > |The resulting kernel was a generic not my custom . What am I forgetting?
> > |
> > |---
> > |Mark Saad | nonesuch at longcount.org
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There is FreeBSD Handbook chapter :

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/book.html#kernelconfig-building


8.2. Why Build a Custom Kernel?
8.3. Finding the System Hardware
8.4. The Configuration File
8.5. Building and Installing a Custom Kernel



If you search  a phrase like the following

freebsd make custom  iso image


in the Google , you may find some useful links .



FreeBSD SVN contains directories about how to generate a release ISO .



There is a manual page :


https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?release(7)

*release* --	release	building infrastructure




Mehmet Erol Sanliturk