Multiple kernels installed when KERNCONF lists more than one kernel configuration file

[Glen Barber]

On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 01:45:39PM +0100, Trond Endrestøl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running stable/10, amd64, r293231, and KERNCONF in /etc/src.conf 
> lists three kernel configuration files, E5530, GENERIC, and ZFS, in 
> that order.
> 
> The former is the preferred kernel, while the other two simply exists 
> to verify GENERIC and GENERIC + ZFS.
> 
> /boot is a symlink to /bootpool/boot, and /bootpool is a 4 GiB UFS, 
> yes, that's UFS, not ZFS.
> 
> This system uses EFI, and uses the EFI/UFS boot1.efi bootstrap loader 
> to load the kernel and its modules from the UFS partition, while 
> loader.conf redirects the rootfs to a dataset on the ZFS pool.
> 
> Consequently, I have:
> 
> /boot/kernel         <-- E5530
> /boot/kernel.GENERIC <-- GENERIC
> /boot/kernel.ZFS     <-- ZFS
> 
> UPDATING has nothing on the subject, but maybe I'm blind after all.
> 
> Is there a way to prevent installing the other kernels, i.e. GENERIC 
> and ZFS?
> 
> Maybe it's simply a matter of overriding KERNCONF at the command line 
> while running make installkernel.
> 

You should be able to set INSTALLKERNEL in make.conf, however something
appears to have been broken, since this should not be required.

Glen

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