Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 18:43:22 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: "leegold" <goldtech@worldpost.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: trying to understand installing a device driver Message-ID: <20000701.18432200@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <000501bfe37e$ef589e50$20e17ad1@beefstew> References: <000501bfe37e$ef589e50$20e17ad1@beefstew>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 7/1/00, 6:08:09 PM, "leegold" <goldtech@worldpost.com> wrote regarding trying to understand installing a device driver: > /usr/src/sys what is this dir for? > could someone explain what these cmds below are doing? > cd conf > patch < files.diff > ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > ` > thanks Dear "Leegold", Unix System Resource(s) --> usr ; cd(1) stands for Change Directories; "src" and "sys" are not difficult to interpret. As regards simple "Unix" commands, there are a few introductory tutorials around; you may wish to have a look at e.g. http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/unix_course/unix.html (available in several formats). If you have a closer look at the /usr/src tree structure, some aspects of its organization will become clearer; which tree is systematically outlined in hier(7). When you configure, compile and install a kernel, in fact, you go to ... , and you do ... ;-) As to patch, you may wish to have a look at patch(1). Finally, you might want to visit http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html ; which page contains a wealth of information (and related links) about Unix and FreeBSD. Have as much fun as you can :-)) Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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