"Hammer"m I believe was a code word or a project name used by AMD when developing the chips we nore would call 'amd64' based.
Like phoenix has said, it's usually a good idea to test with the GENERIC kernel and usually a bloody good idea to have a copy handy just in case! You can always use
make.conf(5) to control what kernels are built and installed by default,
Code:
KERNCONF=VIPER GENERIC
Will build me my custom kernel"VIPER" and the FreeBSD generic kernel during a buildkernel, then I can override KERNCONF to install the right kernel when the time comes. The first in the list is the default to be installed if you don't override KERNCONF when calling make.
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Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.