> > > kernel to have the actual path or not. 
> > 
> > It is supposed to.  Looks like a bug in the alpha startup code somewhere:
> > 
> > > uname -a
> > FreeBSD laptop.baldwin.cx 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #40: Fri Nov 10
> > 15:17:48 PST 2000     [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/LAPTOP-card 
> > i386
> > > sysctl kern.bootfile
> > kern.bootfile: /boot/kernel.card/kernel
> > > uname -a
> > FreeBSD baz.osd.bsdi.com 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #48: Fri Nov  3
> > 12:37:16 PST 2000     [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/BAZ  alpha
> > > sysctl kern.bootfile
> > kern.bootfile: kernel
> > 
> 
> Urgle. Okay.


Something actually was changed at some point perhaps?
On i386, kernelname is dug out of bootinfo and copied
(in assembler).

On alpha:

        p = getenv("kernelname");
        if (p)
                strncpy(kernelname, p, sizeof(kernelname) - 1);
 

Did the loader used to set kernelname as an environment variable?
At any rate, this should be easy enough to fix (doing so right now).

-matt






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