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| author | Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-08-05 19:23:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-08-05 19:23:14 +0000 |
| commit | df2f9f225041aa79ffbecc8d9fb5c71279f7a30d (patch) | |
| tree | 9de37233fc7504c5ac0d27328da15d537de35c23 /en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | |
| parent | 3c8b58f5843372e18a66ca02b0301e8e62200fea (diff) | |
| download | doc-df2f9f225041aa79ffbecc8d9fb5c71279f7a30d.tar.gz doc-df2f9f225041aa79ffbecc8d9fb5c71279f7a30d.zip | |
Add a note about the use freebsd-update and custom kernels
Requested by: rwatson
Approved by: wblock
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=39323
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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index a95280e464..e70431cd08 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -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> |