Editing and compiling FreeBSD source

[Andrew Novikov]

Hi,

Could someone please explan me the difference between:

make buildkernel
make installkernel

and

config
cd ../../compile/.....
make depend
make
make install

Thanks!

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 00:30:59 -0500, Mike Meyer <mwm at mired.org> wrote:
> In <7ea4ce2e54aa7d07618278640e7be260 at 200.140.233.95>, Cantarella <cantarella at senffnet.com.br> typed:
> >
> >    This is my first e-mail for this list.
> >    I am interested in studing to better understand FreeBSD´s source code.
> >    With 'make buildkernel' and 'make installkernel' is it possible to
> >    compile the changes that I have made?
> >    The changes are simple (just some printf). I am just beginning this
> >    trip through FreeBSD´s source code.
> 
> That will work, but it's the painfull way to do it. The old way is
> easier to do development with:
> 
> 1) cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
> 2) config YOURCONFIG
> 3) cd ../../compile/YOURCONFIG
> 4) make depend
> 5) make install
> 
> You only have to go back to step 1 if you touch the config file. You
> only have to go back to step 4 if you add #include statements to a
> source file. Most of the time, you simply redo the "make install", and
> it only recompiles what you've changed and relinks the
> kernel. buildkernel and installkernel will recompile everything every
> time.
> 
> This won't remake kernel modules - but you can do "make's" in
> /usr/src/sys/modules/* to deal with those.
> 
>         <mike
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-- 
Sincerely,
Andrew