[issue1140] installkernel POSTFIX directive

[Sascha Wildner]

Matthew Dillon schrieb:
    The problem I have is that having three different directives is, well,
    it is rather confusing.  I want to simplify it even more.
    I have an idea.  Please tell me if this is way off base.

    Why don't we just create a postfix out of the kernel name by default?
    So if you 'make installkernel KERNCONF=BLAH' you will get a
    /boot/kernel.BLAH and /boot/modules.BLAH ?
    So, for example, a GENERIC kernel would be installed as
    /boot/kernel.GENERIC and /boot/modules.GENERIC.
    We would then have a loader variable which defaults to 'GENERIC' in
    loader.conf, telling the loader which kernel to boot.
    How does that sound?
At a first thought it doesn't sound bad although I think it should still 
provide a way to install a kernel under a different name without having 
to change the kernel config's name.

Sascha

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