Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:47:51 -0700 From: "Balaji, Pavan" <pavan.balaji@intel.com> To: "'Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.'" <kdk@daleco.biz>, "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, parv <parv@pair.com>, John Mills <john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu> Cc: "Balaji, Pavan" <pavan.balaji@intel.com>, FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Question on order and targets of kernel and world builds Message-ID: <3D386AED1B47D411A94300508B11F18703BC5BC9@fmsmsx116.fm.intel.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Nope. buildworld != builkernel. But buildworld does link the libraries. For
example if you have a system call and a corresponding library, buildkernel
will not be sufficient for you to allow the library call to invoke the
corresponding system call -- however a buildworld would do that.
Pavan Balaji,
Intel Corporation
"Only the Paranoid Survive" -- Andy Grove
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. [mailto:kdk@daleco.biz]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:51 AM
> To: Brian T.Schellenberger; parv; John Mills
> Cc: Balaji, Pavan; FreeBSD-questions
> Subject: Re: Question on order and targets of kernel and world builds
>
>
> He's either quite wrong, or he meant to say
> that buildworld builds "kernel source", meaning
> ~'files needed to build kernel' ?? If you interpret
> "libraries" as I did, that's what he meant....
>
> "make buildworld" != "make buildkernel"
>
> KDK
>
> From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>
> To: "parv" <parv@pair.com>; "John Mills" <john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu>
> Cc: "Balaji, Pavan" <pavan.balaji@intel.com>; "FreeBSD-questions"
> <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Question on order and targets of kernel and world builds
>
>
> >
> > I'm pretty sure that that buildworld does *not* build kernels.
> >
> > If anybody has definitive information (like, proof) to the
> contrary I'd be
> > interested in knowing.
> >
> > On Wednesday 17 July 2002 10:28 am, parv wrote:
> > | in message
> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0207170924000.4674-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>,
> > | wrote John Mills thusly...
> > |
> > | > Pavan -
> > | >
> > | > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Balaji, Pavan wrote:
> > | > > "make buildworld" -- builds the kernel and the libraries (both
> kernel
> > | > > and user level)
> > | > >
> > | > > "make buildkernel" -- builds only the kernel
> > | >
> > | > Thanks - I didn't realize 'buildkernel' was redundant
> to 'buildworld'.
> > |
> > | since when buildworld target starts building actual
> kernels? or, is
> > | there a communication problem either on my part or pavan's?
>
>
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3D386AED1B47D411A94300508B11F18703BC5BC9>