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26
27KERNEL MAKEFILE STRUCTURE
28-------------------------
29
30The advent of dynamic loading of kernel modules has obsoleted the
314.x kernel configuration scheme which was centered around a derived
32Makefile and a collection of derived header files generated by the
33config(8) program. This file describes the structure of the replacement
34"static" set of Makefiles.
35
36Some additional secondary goals were associated with the generation
37of these Makefiles.  It should be noted that the ability to properly
38deal with derived Makefiles is an explicit non-goal of the ongoing
39NSE enhancements, so this project is a necessary consequence of that
40decision.
41
42All project goals are enumerated below:
43
441]  To provide a set of static Makefiles to support kernel build
45    and installation.
46
472]  To provide a set of static Makefiles which conform to the
48    "Makefiles Guidelines".  (This document is currently available
49    on-line as "terminator:/usr/integration/doc/make.std")
50
513]  To completely eliminate the config(8) program.
52
534]  To provide a framework for linting the kernel (so that "lint free"
54    can be made an integration criterion, in addition to being general
55    good hygiene).
56
575]  To eliminate the need for the small headers generated by config(8).
58    In the ddi/dki world this need is completely eliminated as drivers
59    will be expected to dynamically configure themselves. Interim support
60    for existing drivers will be provided.
61
626]  To be able to "acquire" only the files needed to build a specific
63    module, if that is all that is needed.
64
657]  To provide a framework suitable for the production of "implementation
66    architecture" independent modules.
67
688]  To restructure the assembly language files to support the generation
69    of "lint-libraries" from them.
70
719]  To provide support for the incidental Makefile targets many developers
72    are accustomed to (such as cscope and tags). These can be added to the
73    Makefiles asd required. (cscope is currently supported.)
74
75
76GENERAL STRUCTURE
77-----------------
78
79The source code layout is not generally effected by the Makefiles. However,
80the location of the generated files has changed dramatically.
81
82"Implementation architecture" independent modules are produced in
83individual directories (one per module) under the "instruction-set
84architecture" directory (i.e.: sparc). Similarly, "implementation
85architecture" dependent modules are produced in individual directories
86under the "implementation architecture" directory (i.e.: sun4, sun4c).
87It should be noted that currently (4/14/91) no implementation architecture
88modules exist. This situation is expected to change shortly.
89
90The driving Makefile for any module is located in the leaf directory
91where the module (and associated objects) are built. After a 'make
92clobber' operation, the Makefile is the only file remaining in that
93directory. Common definitions and rules are contained in suffixed
94Makefiles in non-leaf directories which are included in the leaf
95Makefiles. Non-suffixed Makefiles in non-leaf directories generally
96invoke lower level Makefiles to perform the actual tasks.
97
98uts/Makefile
99uts/sparc/Makefile
100uts/sun4c/Makefile
101uts/sun4c/svvs/Makefile
102	These Makefiles generally are cognizant of the components
103	made in subdirectories and invoke Makefiles in those sub-
104	directories to perform the actual build. Some targets (or
105	pseudo-targets) may be directly built at this level (such
106	as the cscope databases).
107
108uts/Makefile.uts
109	Contains common definitions for all possible architectures.
110
111uts/Makefile.targ
112	Contains common targets for all possible architectures.
113
114uts/common/Makefile.files
115uts/sun/Makefile.files
116uts/sparc/Makefile.files
117uts/sun4c/Makefile.files
118uts/sun4/Makefile.files
119	These Makefiles are divided into two sections. The first
120	section can be viewed as the equivalent of the "files" (sparc
121	and sun4c) and "files.cmn" (common and sun) files. These
122	define the object lists which define each module. The second
123	section defines the appropriate header search paths and other
124	machine specific global build parameters.
125
126uts/common/Makefile.rules
127uts/sun/Makefile.rules
128uts/sparc/Makefile.rules
129uts/sun4c/Makefile.rules
130uts/sun4/Makefile.rules
131	The files provide build rules (targets) which allow make to function
132	in a multiple directory environment. Each source tree below the
133	directory containing the Makefile has a build rule in the file.
134
135uts/sun4c/Makefile.sun4c
136uts/sun4/Makefile.sun4
137	These Makefile contains the definitions specific (defaults) to
138	the obvious "implementation architecture". These rules can be
139	overridden in specific leaf node Makefiles if necessary.
140
141uts/sun4c/unix/Makefile
142	Main driving Makefile for building /unix.
143
144uts/sun4c/MODULE/Makefile (for MODULE in arp, aoutexec, ...)
145	Main driving Makefile for building MODULE.kmod.
146
147uts/sun4c/unix.static/Makefile
148	Main driving Makefile for building a static unix (for development
149	work only). This Makefile is known to NSE, but its targets are
150	not. This makefile may be copied to additional parallel directories
151	to build multiple configurations. This configuration is roughly
152	equivalent to the GENERIC kernel of SunOS 4.x.
153
154uts/*/Makefile.?.shared
155	These denote Makefile contents which are shared between open and
156	closed builds.
157
158The Makefiles are verbosely commented. It is desired that they should
159stay this way.
160
161
162USE
163---
164
165Issuing the command 'make' in the uts directory will cause all supported,
166modularized kernels and modules to be built.
167
168Issuing the command 'make' in a uts/ARCHITECTURE directory (i.e.: uts/sparc)
169will cause all supported, "implementation architecture" independent modules
170for ARCHITECTURE to be built.
171
172Issuing the command 'make' in a uts/MACHINE directory (i.e.: uts/sun4c)
173will cause that kernel and all supported, "implementation architecture"
174dependent modules for MACHINE to be built.
175
176Issuing the command 'make' in the uts/MACHINE/unix directory will cause the
177kernel for MACHINE to be built (and unix.o).
178
179Issuing the command 'make' in a uts/MACHINE/MODULE or a uts/ARCHITECTURE/MODULE
180directory will cause MODULE.kmod to be built.
181
182
183LINT
184----
185
186Linting is fairly similar to the builds, but it has an additional complication.
187In order to get meaningful output from lint pass2, all the modules must be
188linted together. This is accomplished by each module being responsible to
189produce its own pass1 output (file.ln, one per .c/.s file). It is also
190responsible for placing the a lint-library (llib-lMODULE) in the
191uts/MACHINE/lint-libs directory. The final full lint is accomplished by the
192Makefile in the uts/MACHINE directory by linting all the lint-libraries
193against each other.
194
195Note that there is no equivalent to Locore.c in the current source base.
196The C prototypes are in the .s files. As example:
197
198	#if defined(lint)
199	int
200	blort(int, int)
201	{ return 0 }
202	#else	/* lint */
203
204		ENTRY(blort)
205		ld	[%i0],....
206		....
207		SET_SIZE(blort)
208
209	#endif	/* lint */
210
211
212COMPONENT HIERARCHY
213------------------
214
215The component hierarchy has been restructured to allow the acquisition of
216more finely grained objects; specificly a kernel module. The basic component
217structure is:
218
219	:src:uts.all --+--> :sparc --+--> :MODULES... (none currently)
220		       |
221		       +--> :sun4c --+--> :unix
222		       |             |
223		       |             +--> :MODULES...
224		       |             |
225		       |             +--> :unix.static
226		       |
227		       +--> :sun4 ---+--> :unix
228		       |             |
229		       |             +--> :MODULES...
230		       |             |
231		       |             +--> :unix.static
232		       ...
233
234The above diagram does not reflect the full component tree. The full component
235tree may be displayed with the "nsecomp list -r :src:uts.all" command.
236
237
238COMMON OPERATIONS
239-----------------
240
241Adding a New Kernel Module
242--------------------------
243
244    0]  Create the source files (and directories) as usual.
245
246    1]  Edit uts/*/Makefiles.files to define the set of objects. By convention
247	the symbolic name of this set is of the form MODULE_OBJS, where
248	MODULE is the module name (i.e.: namefs). The files in each subtree
249	should be defined in the Makefile.files in the root directory of that
250	subtree. Note that they are defined using the += operator, so that
251	the set can be built across multiple files. As example:
252
253		NAMEFS_OBJS +=	namevfs.o namevno.o
254
255	Each source file needs a build rule in the corresponding Makefile.rules
256	file (compilation and lint). A typical pair of entries would be:
257
258		$(OBJS_DIR)/mem.o:		$(UTSBASE)/sun4c/io/mem.c
259			$(COMPILE.c) -o $@ $(UTSBASE)/sun4c/io/mem.c
260
261		$(LINTS_DIR)/mem.ln:		$(UTSBASE)/sun4c/io/mem.c
262			@($(LHEAD) $(LINT.c) $(UTSBASE)/sun4c/io/mem.c $(LTAIL))
263
264    2]	Create build directories in the appropriate places. If the module
265	can be built in a machine independent way, this would be in the
266	"instruction set architecture" directory (i.e.: sparc). If not, these
267	directories would be created for all appropriate "implementation
268	architecture" dependent directories (i.e.: sun4, sun4c).
269
270    3]  In each build directory, create a Makefile. This can usually be
271	accomplished by copying a Makefile from a parallel directory and
272	editing the following lines (in addition to comments).
273
274		MODULE		= namefs
275			- replace with module name
276		OBJECTS		= $(NAMEFS_OBJS:%=$(OBJS_DIR)/%)
277		LINTS		= $(NAMEFS_OBJS:%.o=$(LINTS_DIR)/%.ln)
278			- replace with MODULE_OBJS
279		ROOTMODULE	= $(ROOT_FS_DIR)/$(MODULE).kmod
280			- replace directory part with the appropriate
281			  installation directory name (see Makefile.uts)
282
283	If a custom version of modstubs.o is needed to check the undefines
284	for this routine, the following lines need to appear in the
285	Makefile (after the inclusion of Makefile.mach (i.e.: Makefile.sun4c)).
286
287		MODSTUBS_DIR	 = $(OBJS_DIR)
288		$(MODSTUBS_O)	:= AS_CPPFLAGS += -DNAMEFS_MODULE
289			- replace "-DNAMEFS_MODULE" with the appropriate flag
290			  for the modstubs.o assembly.
291		CLEANFILES	+= $(MODSTUBS_O)
292
293    4]  Edit the parent Makefile.mach (i.e.: Makefile.sun4c) to know about
294	the new module:
295
296		FS_KMODS	+= fd fifo namefs nfs proc spec ufs
297					   ------
298
299    5]	Add the appropriate components using nsecomp. Continuing with
300	the namefs example:
301
302		$ nsecomp add :src:uts.all:sun4c Comp namefs
303		$ nsecomp add :src:uts.all:sun4c:namefs Targ \
304		  all%/usr/src/uts/sun4c/namefs/Makefile
305
306	This needs to be done for all appropriate "implementation
307	architectures".
308
309Any additional questions can be easily answered by looking at the many
310existing examples.
311
312
313Moving a Module to the "Implementation Architecture" Independent Build
314----------------------------------------------------------------------
315
316    1]  Create the build directory under the appropriate "instruction
317	set architecture" build directory (i.e.: sparc/MODULE).
318
319    2]  Move the Makefile from the "implementation architecture" build
320	directory (i.e.: sun4c/MODULE) to the directory created above.
321	Edit this Makefile to reflect the change of parent (trivial:
322	comments, paths and includes).
323
324    3]  Edit the "implementation architecture" directory Makefile (i.e.:
325	Makefile.sun4c) to *not* know about this module and edit the
326	"instruction set architecture" directory Makefile (i.e.:
327	Makefile.sparc) to know about it.
328
329