Sun Microsystems Sun Workstation 100U System Manager's Manual page 270

Building Sun Workstation Kernels
Table of Contents
1. Kernel Building Process ...........................................................................................................
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1.1. Quick Summary ..................................................................................................................
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1.2. Creating a Configuration File .....................................................................................
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1.3. Constructing Source Code Dependencies .. .... ..... .... ..... ......... .... ..... .... ..... .............. 3
1.4. Building the Kernel................ ......... ........................... ..... ............. .................. .............. .....
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1.5.
Sharing Object Modules .................................................................................................
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1.6.. Building Profiled Kernels ......... ............................... ....................... .... .................. ..........
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1.7. Configuring Systems without Source .....................................................................
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1.8. Adding New Device Drivers ................ .................. ........................... ......... ....... ............
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2. Configuration File Syntax ...................................................................................................... 6
2.1. Global Configuration Parameters ............................................................................. 6
2.2. Kernel Image Parameters .............................................................................................. 7
2.3. Device Specifications ........................................................................................................
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2.4. Pseudo-devices ..................................................................................................................... 9
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Configuration File Grammar ............................................................................................... 10
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Rules for Defaulting System Devices ...............................................................................
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B.l. Multiple Swap/Paging Areas ..................................................................................... 12
B.2. System Dumps .................................................................................................................... 12
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Sample Configuration Files ................................................................................................... 13
D.
Data Structure Sizing Rules .................................................................................................
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