Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:01:49 +0000 From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Source tree hierarchy Message-ID: <20041130170149.GD29674@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20041130165434.GD2610@gothmog.gr> References: <20041130153247.GB29674@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20041130165434.GD2610@gothmog.gr>
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On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 06:54:35PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: : On 2004-11-30 15:32, Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> wrote: : > : > Why are there sometimes 2 levels of the same directory name, one beneath the : > other? : > : > Like sys and i386, for example? : : They are different things: : : /usr/src/sys Kernel sources (entire source tree). : : /usr/src/sys/sys Kernel header files. These are installed as : /usr/include/sys/* by the installation process. Ok, that makes sense. But src/sys/i386/i386 has source code, not just headers. Is this code that is specific to i386 CPUs, while src/sys/i386 is just specific to the system architecture? jm -- My other computer is your Windows box.
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