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| author | joerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-03-31 18:01:55 +0000 |
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| committer | joerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-03-31 18:01:55 +0000 |
| commit | 1368a0302adfc80686c6840a63848a3312751fda (patch) | |
| tree | 18210c6dd9db7dcc885479075feb10295fbd7b1a /share | |
| parent | 61c0414a60385ff3a1ca439741769568391da4c7 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-1368a0302adfc80686c6840a63848a3312751fda.zip FreeBSD-src-1368a0302adfc80686c6840a63848a3312751fda.tar.gz | |
Update the information about kernel options. Mention the ``new option
scheme''.
Closes PR # docs/1110.
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/doc/handbook/dialup.sgml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | share/doc/handbook/kernelconfig.sgml | 19 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/dialup.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/dialup.sgml index 3c4bf34..3fa873c 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/dialup.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/dialup.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <!-- This is an SGML document in the linuxdoc DTD of the Tutorial for Configuring a FreeBSD for Dialup Services by Guy Helmer. - $Id: dialup.sgml,v 1.5 1996/01/31 14:26:02 mpp Exp $ + $Id: dialup.sgml,v 1.6 1996/03/26 21:33:09 joerg Exp $ <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//Linux//DTD linuxdoc//EN"> @@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ probably need to configure a custom FreeBSD kernel for your system. Please see the BSD System Manager's Manual chapter on ``Building Berkeley Kernels with Config'' [the source for which is in <tt>/usr/src/share/doc/smm</tt>] and ``FreeBSD Configuration -Options'' [in <tt>/sys/doc/options.doc</tt>] for more +Options'' [in <tt>/sys/conf/options</tt> and in +<tt>/sys/<em>arch</em>/conf/options.<em>arch</em></tt>, with +<em>arch</em> for example being <tt>i386</tt>] for more information on configuring and building kernels. You may have to unpack the kernel source distribution if haven't installed the system sources already (<tt>srcdist/srcsys.??</tt> in FreeBSD 1.1, diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/kernelconfig.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/kernelconfig.sgml index 86fda45..3206f7d 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/kernelconfig.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/kernelconfig.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: kernelconfig.sgml,v 1.7 1996/01/20 06:28:11 nate Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: kernelconfig.sgml,v 1.8 1996/01/31 14:26:10 mpp Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <!-- <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC '-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN'> --> <chapt><heading>Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel<label id="kernelconfig"></heading> @@ -149,6 +149,23 @@ located in the same directory as GENERIC. If you are in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first in LINT. + <p>The kernel is currently being moved to a better organization + of the option handling. Traditionally, each option in the + config file was simply converted into a <tt>-D</tt> switch + for the <tt>CFLAGS</tt> line of the kernel Makefile. Naturally, + this caused a creaping optionism, with nobody really knowing + which option has been referenced in what files. + + <p>In the new scheme, every <tt>#ifdef</tt> that is intended to + be dependant upon an option gets this option out of an + <tt>opt_<em>foo</em>.h</tt> declaration file created in the + compile directory by <tt>config</tt>. The list of valid options + for <tt>config</tt> lives in two files: options that don't + depend on the architecture are listed in + <tt>/sys/conf/options</tt>, architecture-dependant ones + in <tt>/sys/<em>arch</em>/conf/options.<em>arch</em></tt>, + with <em>arch</em> being for example <tt>i386</tt>. + <sect1><heading>Mandatory Keywords</heading> <p>These keywords are required in every kernel you build. |
