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37 development is split into three major suprojects: doc, ports, and src.
38 Doc is the documentation, such as the
43 .Lk https://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en/books/fdp-primer/
45 Ports, described further in
47 are the way to build, package, and install third party software.
50 .Lk https://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/
52 The last one, src, revolves around the source code for the base system,
53 consisting of the kernel, and the libraries and utilities commonly called
56 The Committer's Guide, describing topics relevant to all committers,
59 .Lk https://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en/articles/committers-guide/
62 src development takes place in the CURRENT branch in Subversion,
65 .Lk https://svn.FreeBSD.org/base/head
67 There is also a read-only GitHub mirror at:
69 .Lk https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd
71 Changes are first committed to CURRENT and then usually merged back
73 Every few years the CURRENT branch is renamed to STABLE, and a new
74 CURRENT is branched, with an incremented major version number.
75 Releases are then branched off STABLE and numbered with consecutive minor
78 Layout of the source tree is described in
80 Build instructions can be found in
84 Kernel programming interfaces (KPIs) are documented in section 9
88 Regression test suite is described in
90 For coding conventions, see
93 To ask questions regarding development, use the mailing lists,
94 such as freebsd-arch@ and freebsd-hackers@:
96 .Lk https://lists.FreeBSD.org
98 To get your patches integrated into the main
100 repository use Phabricator;
101 it is a code review tool that allows other developers to review the changes,
102 suggest improvements, and, eventually, allows them to pick up the change and
105 .Lk https://reviews.FreeBSD.org
109 build and test status of CURRENT and STABLE branches,
110 the continuous integration system is at:
112 .Lk https://ci.FreeBSD.org
115 Check out the CURRENT branch, build it, and install, overwriting the current
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118 svnlite co https://svn.FreeBSD.org/base/head src
120 make -sj8 buildworld buildkernel installkernel
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127 make -j8 installworld
131 Rebuild and reinstall a single piece of userspace, in this
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136 make clean all install
139 Quickly rebuild and reinstall the kernel, only recompiling the files
140 changed since last build; note that this will only work if the full kernel
141 build has been completed in the past, not on a fresh source tree:
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144 make -sj8 kernel KERNFAST=1
149 for another CPU architecture,
150 first prepare your source tree by building the cross-toolchain:
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153 make -sj8 toolchain TARGET_ARCH=armv6
156 Afterwards, to build and install a single piece of userspace, use:
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159 make buildenv TARGET_ARCH=armv6
160 make clean all install DESTDIR=/clients/arm
163 Likewise, to quickly rebuild and reinstall the kernel, use:
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166 make buildenv TARGET_ARCH=armv6
167 make -sj8 kernel KERNFAST=1 DESTDIR=/clients/arm
181 manual page was originally written by
182 .An Matthew Dillon Aq Mt dillon@FreeBSD.org
187 It was since extensively modified by
188 .An Eitan Adler Aq Mt eadler@FreeBSD.org
189 to reflect the repository conversion from
193 It was rewritten from scratch by
194 .An Edward Tomasz Napierala Aq Mt trasz@FreeBSD.org