Author: imp Date: Wed Mar 1 05:05:05 2017 New Revision: 314473 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/314473
Log: Create README.md file for viewing on github. This is a lightly edited README using github's MARKDOWN. Submitted by: Johan <johan2...@gmail.com> Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/pull/56 Added: head/README.md (contents, props changed) Added: head/README.md ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ head/README.md Wed Mar 1 05:05:05 2017 (r314473) @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +FreeBSD Source: +--------------- +This is the top level of the FreeBSD source directory. This file +was last revised on: +$FreeBSD$ + +For copyright information, please see the file COPYRIGHT in this +directory (additional copyright information also exists for some +sources in this tree - please see the specific source directories for +more information). + +The Makefile in this directory supports a number of targets for +building components (or all) of the FreeBSD source tree. See build(7) +and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html +for more information, including setting make(1) variables. + +The `buildkernel` and `installkernel` targets build and install +the kernel and the modules (see below). Please see the top of +the Makefile in this directory for more information on the +standard build targets and compile-time flags. + +Building a kernel is a somewhat more involved process. See build(7), config(8), +and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html +for more information. + +Note: If you want to build and install the kernel with the +`buildkernel` and `installkernel` targets, you might need to build +world before. More information is available in the handbook. + +The kernel configuration files reside in the `sys/<arch>/conf` +sub-directory. GENERIC is the default configuration used in release builds. +NOTES contains entries and documentation for all possible +devices, not just those commonly used. + + +Source Roadmap: +--------------- +``` +bin System/user commands. + +cddl Various commands and libraries under the Common Development + and Distribution License. + +contrib Packages contributed by 3rd parties. + +crypto Cryptography stuff (see crypto/README). + +etc Template files for /etc. + +gnu Various commands and libraries under the GNU Public License. + Please see gnu/COPYING* for more information. + +include System include files. + +kerberos5 Kerberos5 (Heimdal) package. + +lib System libraries. + +libexec System daemons. + +release Release building Makefile & associated tools. + +rescue Build system for statically linked /rescue utilities. + +sbin System commands. + +secure Cryptographic libraries and commands. + +share Shared resources. + +sys Kernel sources. + +tests Regression tests which can be run by Kyua. See tests/README + for additional information. + +tools Utilities for regression testing and miscellaneous tasks. + +usr.bin User commands. + +usr.sbin System administration commands. +``` + +For information on synchronizing your source tree with one or more of +the FreeBSD Project's development branches, please see: + + http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
