"emanuel stiebler" <emu@ecubics.com> writes:
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> From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
> To: emanuel stiebler <emu@ecubics.com>
> Cc: port-pmax@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: kernel compile
> Date: Sunday, February 01, 1998 4:54 PM
> 
> 
>> I think all we have is /usr/share/mk/README.bsd, but that's not very
>> helpful for building new kernels.

>It is exactly like you said. 
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Yes, because README.bsd is intended for peopel maintaining the
Makefile machinery used internally by the BSD make process used in
`make build'.

The documentation in config(8), intro(4) and the various pmax device
manpages is a good place to start. 

Oh, and there's one but in Ted's suggestion.  I prefer to make a
subdir first and test running config there; whereas Ted's suggestion
pollutes /sys/arch/pmax/conf with lots of twisty .h files created by
config.

As Ted says, building a kernel from scratch takes about an hour.