Subject: Re: kernel compile
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: emanuel stiebler <emu@ecubics.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 02/01/1998 19:07:27
Hi Jonathan, Ted,

I got it compiled, and booted without problems.

thanks for the help.
emanuel.

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> From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
> To: emanuel stiebler <emu@ecubics.com>
> Cc: port-pmax@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: kernel compile
> Date: Sunday, February 01, 1998 5:24 PM
> 
> 
> "emanuel stiebler" <emu@ecubics.com> writes:
> ----------
> > From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
> > To: emanuel stiebler <emu@ecubics.com>
> > Cc: port-pmax@NetBSD.ORG
> > Subject: Re: kernel compile
> > Date: Sunday, February 01, 1998 4:54 PM
> > 
> > 
> >> I think all we have is /usr/share/mk/README.bsd, but that's not very
> >> helpful for building new kernels.
> 
> >It is exactly like you said. 
> ----------
> 
> Yes, because README.bsd is intended for peopel maintaining the
> Makefile machinery used internally by the BSD make process used in
> `make build'.
> 
> The documentation in config(8), intro(4) and the various pmax device
> manpages is a good place to start. 
> 
> Oh, and there's one but in Ted's suggestion.  I prefer to make a
> subdir first and test running config there; whereas Ted's suggestion
> pollutes /sys/arch/pmax/conf with lots of twisty .h files created by
> config.
> 
> As Ted says, building a kernel from scratch takes about an hour.