Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:21:15 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Srinivas <mboxindia@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Usage of "files" for config Message-ID: <8663naib10.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <e6a0706a0810271522h4669359at47710cbb8f4ed2c@mail.gmail.com> (Srinivas's message of "Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:52:35 %2B0530") References: <e6a0706a0810271522h4669359at47710cbb8f4ed2c@mail.gmail.com>
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Srinivas <mboxindia@gmail.com> writes: > I would like to know the usage of files and files.[arch] in sys/conf. "files" and "options" are used to determine which source files should be included and which preprocessor macros should be defined according to the "device" and "option" lines in the kernel config. However, as a "beginner of freebsd kernel", I would recommend that you spend your time reading (and writing or modifying) source code, not trying to understand the Makefiles. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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