DragonFlyBSD

This is the top level of the DragonFly source directory.

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 DragonFly source tree, the most commonly used being buildworld'' and installworld'', which rebuild and install everything in the DragonFly system from the source tree except the kernel, the kernel-modules and the contents of /etc. 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 involved process. Documentation for it can be found at: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/handbook/ Also see the build(7) and config(8) man pages.

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 DragonFly handbook.

The kernel configuration files reside in the sys/config sub-directory. The X86_64_GENERIC is the default x86_64 kernel configuration used in release builds. The VKERNEL64 is the default 64 bit vkernel(7) kernel configuration file. The file LINT64 contains entries for all possible devices, not just those commonly used, and is meant more as a general reference than an actual kernel configuration file (a kernel built from it wouldn't even run). Also see the config(8) man page.

Source Roadmap:

bin System/user commands.

contrib Packages contributed by 3rd parties.

crypto Cryptography stuff (see crypto/README).

doc Documentation for DragonFly BSD.

etc Template files for /etc.

games Amusements.

gnu Various commands and libraries under the GNU Public License. Please see gnu/COPYING* for more information.

include System include files.

lib System libraries.

libexec System daemons.

nrelease Framework for building the ``live'' CD image.

initrd Build system for statically linked /rescue utilities and initial ramdisk creation.

sbin System commands.

share Shared resources.

stand Boot loader sources.

sys Kernel sources.

test System tests.

tools Utilities for regression testing and miscellaneous tasks.

usr.bin User commands.

usr.sbin System administration commands.