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diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/building.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/building.mdwn index 5f53d83d..b513d52f 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/building.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/building.mdwn @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ You can either use the git repository (see <http://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=h $ git clone git.savannah.gnu.org:/srv/git/hurd/gnumach.git -... or Debian sources, if you're using Debian. (See +... or get the Debian sources, if you're using Debian. (See [here](http://packages.debian.net/source/unstable/gnumach).) $ apt-get source gnumach @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ package: ### Building and Installing ... Debian `.deb` files -Change into the directory with the downloaded / unpacked GNU Mach sources, e.g. +Change into the directory with the downloaded / unpacked GNU Mach sources, $ cd gnumach-XXXXXXXX @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Start the build process with [[GNU_Mach|gnumach]] is now building. To use the new kernel, you must install the resulting `.deb` package which is located one directory above the build -directory and has a similar name as the build directory, e.g. +directory and has a similar name as the build directory: # dpkg -i ../gnumach_XXXXXXXX-X_hurd-i386.deb @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ You can now reboot your computer and enjoy the new kernel. ### Preparing for the Build -Building GNU Mach requires a C compiler, a _static_ 32 bit standard C library and +Building GNU Mach requires a C compiler, a _static_ 32 bit standard C library, your favourite flavor of awk (gawk) and GNU make. First, create the configuartion files: @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ First, create the configuartion files: $ cd gnumach $ autoreconf --install -GNU Mach and its headers should be built in a subdirectory: +GNU Mach (and the associated headers) need be built in a separate build directory: $ mkdir build $ cd build @@ -69,27 +69,26 @@ Run configure: $ ../configure --prefix= -Use the --host flag and some options on 64 bit systems: +If building on a 64 bit host system, +you need a number of additional settings to force a 32 bit build: $ CPP='gcc -m32 -E -x c -undef -ansi' CC='gcc -m32' LD='ld -melf_i386' ../configure --prefix= --host=i686-unknown-linux-gnu ### Installing the Header Files First -In order to build GNU Mach, you must build and install MIG, which requires that -you install the GNU Mach header files, for example into `~/gnu/include/`: +In order to build GNU Mach, you will need a working MIG. +Building MIG in turn requires the GNU Mach header files to be already present. +So for bootstrapping MIG, you have to install the Mach headers first, +for example into `~/gnu/include/`: $ make DESTDIR=~/gnu install-data -### Building and Installing - -After you've already installed the header files (above), as well as the the -Mach Interface Generator, you may finish building GNU Mach. (See -[[building_MIG|mig/gnu_mig/building]], then come back here.) +Now you can [[build_MIG|mig/gnu_mig/building]]. +Once you are done with that, come back here to finish the Mach build. -GNU Mach should be built in the subdirectory created above. If you've cleared -your directory since then, you'll need to rerun the configure script. +### Building and Installing -Build the kernel image: +With MIG present, now build the kernel image: $ make gnumach.gz @@ -97,8 +96,6 @@ Optionally run the (tiny) test suite: $ make check -You can now install and use `gnumach.gz`. - -[TODO] - - +The resulting kernel binary can now be moved into place +(just copy `gnumach.gz`, typically to `/boot/gnumach.gz`), +so you can boot your system with the new kernel. |