Custom kernel version vs newvers.sh mismatch?

[bsdperson]

I need altq so I compile my own kernel, but there's a patch mismatch. uname -a tells me:

FreeBSD server 9.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Jun 12 17:08:02 CEST 2012     root@server:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BTSE-amd64  amd64

In newvers.sh I read:

BRANCH="RELEASE-p4"

I have recompiled this kernel, installed it, rebooted and expected 9.0-RELEASE-p4 to be printed and it doesn't. In the compile output I read:

--------------------------------------------------------------
>>> stage 2.1: cleaning up the object tree
--------------------------------------------------------------
...
cd /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BTSE-amd64.conf; MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj  MACHINE_ARCH=amd64  MACHINE=amd64  CPUTYPE= GROFF_BIN_PATH=/usr/obj/usr\
/src/tmp/legacy/usr/bin  GROFF_FONT_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/share/groff_font  GROFF_TMAC_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/\
share/tmac  _SHLIBDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp  VERSION="FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 amd64 900044"  INSTALL="sh /usr/src/tools/install.sh"
...

What gives? I did try to ditch /usr/src to start over, no good.

[graudeejs]

Did you make installkernel?

[bsdperson]

Absolutely, but I suspect the problem is prior to that. The -p3 vs -p4 is between the file newvers.sh and the output of make buildkernel ... prior to installkernel

[bsdperson]

Running strings on /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BTSE-amd64.conf/kernel gives me (last few lines):

amd64
v1.16
hptrr
RocketRAID 17xx/2xxx SATA controller driver
v1.2
@(#)FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p4 #4: Wed Nov  7 08:40:03 CET 2012
FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p4 #4: Wed Nov  7 08:40:03 CET 2012
    root@server:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BTSE-amd64.conf
FreeBSD
9.0-RELEASE-p4
BTSE

Strings on /boot/kernel/kernel also gives:

amd64
v1.16
hptrr
RocketRAID 17xx/2xxx SATA controller driver
v1.2
@(#)FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p4 #4: Wed Nov  7 08:40:03 CET 2012
FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p4 #4: Wed Nov  7 08:40:03 CET 2012
    root@server:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BTSE-amd64.conf
FreeBSD
9.0-RELEASE-p4
BTSE

But uname -a says:

FreeBSD server 9.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Jun 12 17:08:02 CEST 2012     root@server:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BTSE-amd64  amd64

This means that the kernel in /boot/kernel/kernel isn't running? I also tried nextboot -k kernel but still it says -p3...?

[bsdperson]

Solved: installkernel as well as nextboot and others relate to /boot, whereas the actual booting is from /boot-mount/boot/kernel regardless. Very confusing. Up to -p3 this seemed to work as expected. A simple copy of the kernel+modules fixed this. Note to self: after installkernel, cp -r /boot/kernel-btse /boot-mount/boot/kernel, then reboot. Case closed.