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36 .Nd build system configuration files
45 utility builds a set of system configuration files from the file
48 the system to configure.
52 what files are needed to generate a system and
53 can be augmented by configuration specific set of files
54 that give alternate files for a specific machine
59 Available options and operands:
60 .Bl -tag -width ".Ar SYSTEM_NAME"
64 as the output directory, instead of the default one.
69 to the directory given.
71 Configure a system for debugging.
73 Configure a system for profiling; for example,
81 configures a system for high resolution profiling.
83 Remove the old compile directory (see below).
85 Specify the name of the system configuration file
86 containing device specifications, configuration options
87 and other system parameters for one system configuration.
91 should be run from the
93 subdirectory of the system source (usually
97 .Pa ../compile/ Ns Ar SYSTEM_NAME
98 or the one given with the
101 as necessary and places all output files there.
102 If the output directory already exists and the
104 flag was specified, it will be removed first.
107 consists of a number of files; for the
109 architecture, they are:
112 of what I/O devices are attached to the system;
116 in building the system;
119 the number of various devices that will be compiled into the system.
123 it is necessary to run
125 in the directory where the new makefile
128 If any other error messages are produced by
130 the problems in the configuration file should be corrected and
133 Attempts to compile a system that had configuration errors
137 .Cd "options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE"
138 is used in the configuration file the
139 entire input file is embedded in the new kernel.
142 can be used to extract it from a kernel:
143 to extract the configuration information, use the command
145 .Dl "strings -n 3 kernel | sed -n 's/^___//p'"
149 kernels are compiled without symbols due to the heavy load on the
150 system when compiling a
153 A debug kernel contains complete symbols for all the source files, and
154 enables an experienced kernel programmer to analyse the cause of a problem.
156 debuggers available prior to
158 were able to find some information
159 from a normal kernel;
161 provides very little support for normal kernels, and a debug kernel is needed
162 for any meaningful analysis.
164 In order to ease posting bug reports for inexperienced users and
165 make the debugging environment more uniform,
167 installs kernel and modules unstripped.
168 Debug information is not loaded into memory, so the only impact is
169 a growth in root file-system consumption by 60MB.
170 Those wishing to install stripped down kernel and modules can specify two new
171 makeoptions in their kernel config file or when they run the
172 kernel-related targets to make:
173 .Bl -tag -width ".Va INSTALLSTRIPPEDMODULES=1"
174 .It Va INSTALLSTRIPPED=1
175 The installed kernel and modules will be stripped of debug info.
176 .It Va INSTALLSTRIPPEDMODULES=1
177 The installed modules will be stripped of debug info. The kernel will
178 be left with debug info intact.
181 Backup copies of the kernel and modules are automatically stripped of
182 their debug information by
185 .Bl -tag -width ".It Pa /sys/platform/ Ns Va PLATFORM Ns Pa /conf/Makefile" -compact
186 .It Pa /sys/conf/files
187 list of common files system is built from
188 .It Pa /sys/config/ Ns Ar SYSTEM_NAME
189 default location for kernel configuration file
190 .It Pa /sys/config/LINT64
191 kernel configuration file for checking all the sources,
192 includes description of kernel configuration options
193 .It Pa /sys/config/VKERNEL64
196 kernel configuration file
197 .It Pa /sys/config/X86_64_GENERIC
200 kernel configuration file
201 .It Pa /sys/compile/ Ns Ar SYSTEM_NAME
202 default kernel build directory for system
204 .It Pa /sys/platform/ Ns Va PLATFORM Ns Pa /conf/Makefile
205 generic makefile for the
207 .It Pa /sys/platform/ Ns Va PLATFORM Ns Pa /conf/files
223 portion of each device in section 4.
225 .%T "Building 4.3 BSD UNIX System with Config"
233 The line numbers reported in error messages are usually off by one.