freebsd-update patches custom /boot/kernel/kernel which breaks remote access

mike_plumbs

I am running freebsd-update from time to time on my FreeBSD 9.0 system. I have a custom kernel installed and running and, according to a tip from the FreeBSD documentation ( Freebsd Update (section 25.2.2)), keep a copy of GENERIC in /boot/GENERIC Note: It is a good idea to always keep a copy of the GENERIC kernel in /boot/GENERIC . It will be helpful in diagnosing a variety of problems, and in performing version upgrades using freebsd-update as...

Originally asked by scherand on Stack Exchange (superuser) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

A quote from the handbook: Only the GENERIC kernel can be automatically updated by freebsd-update. If you need a network driver that is not built in the GENERIC kernel, see if it is available as a module and load it automatically from /boot/loader.conf . Then you can stick with GENERIC. If that doesn't work, you'll probably have to do a build from source.

Full answer by Roland Smith: https://superuser.stackexchange.com/a/658045 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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