Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files. =================================================================== RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/BUILDING,v rcsdiff: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/BUILDING,v: warning: Unknown phrases like `commitid ...;' are present. retrieving revision 1.59.2.3 retrieving revision 1.63 diff -u -p -r1.59.2.3 -r1.63 --- src/BUILDING 2007/09/29 11:10:56 1.59.2.3 +++ src/BUILDING 2007/08/30 00:35:11 1.63 @@ -3,21 +3,6 @@ BUILDING(8) NetBSD System Ma NAME BUILDING -- Procedure for building NetBSD from source code. -STATUS - This document is a work-in-progress. As such, the information described - here may not match the reality of the build system as of this writing. - Once this document is completely in sync with reality, this paragraph - will be removed. - - Discrepancies between this documentation and the current reality of - implementation are noted specially, as with the note below: - - Note: This document applies only to platforms which use the new toolchain - as indicated by the default setting of TOOLCHAIN_MISSING in . - Platforms which have not yet been switched to the new toolchain should - continue building traditionally, using the notes specified in the file - UPDATING. - REQUIREMENTS NetBSD is designed to be buildable on most POSIX-compliant host systems. The basic build procedure is the same whether compiling natively (on the @@ -542,34 +527,6 @@ BUILDING ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. - iso-image-source - Create a NetBSD installation CD-ROM image in the - RELEASEDIR/iso directory. The CD-ROM file system will have - a layout as described in release(7). It will have top - level directories for the machine type and source. - - For most machine types, the CD-ROM will be bootable, and - will automatically run the sysinst(8) menu-based installa- - tion program, which can be used to install or upgrade a - NetBSD system. Bootable CD-ROMs also contain tools that - may be useful in repairing a damaged NetBSD installation. - - Before ``make iso-image-source'' is attempted, RELEASEDIR - must be populated by ``make sourcesets release'' or equiva- - lent. - - Note that other, smaller, CD-ROM images may be created in - the RELEASEDIR/MACHINE/installation/cdrom directory by - ``make release''. These smaller images usually contain the - same tools as the larger images in RELEASEDIR/iso, but do - not contain additional content such as the distribution - sets. - - Note that the mac68k port still uses an older method of - creating CD-ROM images. This requires the mkisofs(1) util- - ity, which is not part of NetBSD, but which can be - installed from pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrtools. - regression-tests Can only be run after building the regression tests in the directory ``regress''. Runs the compiled regression tests @@ -639,9 +596,6 @@ BUILDING iso-image Perform ``make iso-image''. - iso-image-source - Perform ``make iso-image-source''. - The following command line options alter the behaviour of the build.sh operations described above: @@ -653,12 +607,6 @@ BUILDING that the resulting name is of the form ``nbmake-MACHINE-BUILDID''. - -C cddir Set the value of CDEXTRA to cddir. If a relative path is spec- - ified, it will be converted to an absolute path before being - used. When combined with ``iso-image'' or - ``iso-image-source'', it will cause the contents of cddir to be - added to the CD-ROM image. - -D dest Set the value of DESTDIR to dest. If a relative path is speci- fied, it will be converted to an absolute path before being used. @@ -682,18 +630,21 @@ BUILDING it will be converted to an absolute path before being used. Unsets MAKEOBJDIR. - -m mach Set the value of MACHINE to mach. This will also override any - value of MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value - deduced from mach, unless -a is specified, or mach is a special - case listed below. All cross builds require -m, but if unset - on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE will be detected - and used automatically. - - Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH. For a - given value of mach, the following MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH - values will result: + -m mach Set the value of MACHINE to mach, except in some special cases + listed below. This will also override any value of + MACHINE_ARCH in the process environment with a value deduced + from mach, unless -a is specified. All cross builds require + -m, but if unset on a NetBSD host, the host's value of MACHINE + will be detected and used automatically. + + Some machines support multiple values for MACHINE_ARCH. The + following special cases for the mach argument are defined to + set the listed values of MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH: mach MACHINE MACHINE_ARCH + evbarm evbarm (not set) + evbarm-eb evbarm armeb + evbarm-el evbarm arm evbmips evbmips (not set) evbmips-eb evbmips mipseb evbmips-el evbmips mipsel @@ -820,4 +771,4 @@ HISTORY BUGS A few platforms are not yet using this build system. -NetBSD September 1, 2007 NetBSD +NetBSD April 13, 2007 NetBSD