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Re: config(5) break down
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010, Wojciech A. Koszek wrote:
> I was wondering how does Linux/Solaris kernel build system work in terms of
> opt_*.h files? Do they have some alternative solutions for #ifdef's based on
> what has been included into the kernel at configuration time?
It's been a while since I poked around with Linux, but I think they have a
single file that contains all that info.
Solaris has no config. Period.
You don't have any opt_*.h files. And you don't really need them. It's a
fully dynamic kernel so the only things you can set are things like DEBUG
and LOCKDEBUG. You don't worry about including specific modules, because
they are all compiled separately and loaded on demand. Loading of modules
is driven by config files in /etc that define what module is responsible
for a specific device type (e.g. a specific PCI vendor and device ID
combination.) Of course, if those config files get corrupted then the
machine is unbootable. To recover you must boot from install media and
likely reinstall the OS.
And since everything is compiled separately you can often just replace one
module with another one that is compiled with DEBUG turned on.
Without rebooting the machine. (Certain inter-module interfaces are
affected by DEBUG while others are not. YMMV.)
Eduardo
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