1FreeBSD Source: 2--------------- 3This is the top level of the FreeBSD source directory. This file 4was last revised on: 5$FreeBSD$ 6 7FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, 8desktops, and embedded platforms. A large community has 9continually developed it for more than thirty years. Its 10advanced networking, security, and storage features have 11made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the 12busiest web sites and most pervasive embedded networking 13and storage devices. 14 15For copyright information, please see the file COPYRIGHT in this 16directory. Additional copyright information also exists for some 17sources in this tree - please see the specific source directories for 18more information. 19 20The Makefile in this directory supports a number of targets for 21building components (or all) of the FreeBSD source tree. See build(7), config(8), 22https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html, and 23https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html 24for more information, including setting make(1) variables. 25 26Source Roadmap: 27--------------- 28``` 29bin System/user commands. 30 31cddl Various commands and libraries under the Common Development 32 and Distribution License. 33 34contrib Packages contributed by 3rd parties. 35 36crypto Cryptography stuff (see crypto/README). 37 38etc Template files for /etc. 39 40gnu Various commands and libraries under the GNU Public License. 41 Please see gnu/COPYING* for more information. 42 43include System include files. 44 45kerberos5 Kerberos5 (Heimdal) package. 46 47lib System libraries. 48 49libexec System daemons. 50 51release Release building Makefile & associated tools. 52 53rescue Build system for statically linked /rescue utilities. 54 55sbin System commands. 56 57secure Cryptographic libraries and commands. 58 59share Shared resources. 60 61stand Boot loader sources. 62 63sys Kernel sources. 64 65sys/<arch>/conf Kernel configuration files. GENERIC is the configuration 66 used in release builds. NOTES contains documentation of 67 all possible entries. 68 69tests Regression tests which can be run by Kyua. See tests/README 70 for additional information. 71 72tools Utilities for regression testing and miscellaneous tasks. 73 74usr.bin User commands. 75 76usr.sbin System administration commands. 77``` 78 79For information on synchronizing your source tree with one or more of 80the FreeBSD Project's development branches, please see: 81 82 https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html 83