svn commit: r39323 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq
Eitan Adler
eadler at FreeBSD.org
Sun Aug 5 19:23:14 UTC 2012
Author: eadler (src,ports committer)
Date: Sun Aug 5 19:23:14 2012
New Revision: 39323
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39323
Log:
Add a note about the use freebsd-update and custom kernels
Requested by: rwatson
Approved by: wblock
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Sun Aug 5 13:41:44 2012 (r39322)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Sun Aug 5 19:23:14 2012 (r39323)
@@ -1835,7 +1835,10 @@
<answer>
<para>Usually not. The supplied <literal>GENERIC</literal>
kernel contains the drivers an ordinary computer will
- need. For computers with very limited RAM, such as
+ need. &man.freebsd-update.8;, the &os; binary upgrade
+ tool, cannot upgrade custom kernels, another reason
+ to stick with the GENERIC kernel when possible.
+ For computers with very limited RAM, such as
embedded systems, it may be worthwhile to build a
smaller custom kernel containing just the required
drivers.</para>
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