Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 08:04:39 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r314473 - head Message-ID: <201703011604.v21G4dq6056985@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfrxUwv4_8JJ7QjeBNzYGvG5mxyaR2K4TW-0yny8kak25A@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:45 PM, Rodney W. Grimes > <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > >> 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 <johan2422@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: > >> +--------------- > > > > Is there someway this can be a pointer to the usr/src part of > > hier(7) and have hier(7) updated to reflect current reality? > > > > Also lots and lots of trailing white space... > > > > This should be a pointer to hier(7) > > It's a verbatim copy of README converted to markdown. Maybe README > should be fixed and this regenerated. Yes, but then couldnt this be a pointer to readme? We have this documented now in 3 places that are gona just get further out of sync. Or at least add a note to README that says you need to update README.md if you touch this file. > The trailing whitespace is part > of the conversion and not a mistake. I have learned this now and responded else where. It appears that there are ways to do this in markdown without using trailing double spaces as a syntax item. > If you want to update README and hier(7) and have README.md generated > from that automatically, be my guest. None of that was in the > submission, and the submission was useful as it was. I agree that the submission is useful, as the README.md file, just would like to see some polish put on it so it doesnt suffer the same bitrot that hier(7) has. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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