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27.Dd May 14, 2020
28.Dt SRC 7
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm src
32.Nd layout of NetBSD sources
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34An outline of the
35.Nx
36source code hierarchy.
37.Bl -tag -width "external/"
38.It Pa bin/
39Critical utilities for the system and users.
40.It Pa sbin/
41Critical utilities for the system and the superuser.
42.It Pa usr.bin/
43Not-so critical utilities for the system and users.
44.It Pa usr.sbin/
45Not-so critical utilities for the system and the superuser.
46.It Pa common/
47Sources shared between kernel and userland.
48.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
49.It Pa dist/
50Utilities.
51Every utility has its own subdirectory,
52where its source and Makefile are located.
53.It Pa include/
54Include headers.
55Every group of header files has its own
56subdirectory, where it and its
57Makefile are located.
58.It Pa lib/
59Libraries.
60Every library has its own subdirectory,
61where it and its Makefile are located.
62.El
63.It Pa compat/
64A framework to (re)build the libraries
65shipped with
66.Nx
67for different ABI than the default for
68that platform.
69.Bl -tag -width "compat/<arch1>/<arch2>/" -compact
70.It Pa compat/<arch1>/<arch2>/
71Every
72.Pa compat/<arch1>/<arch2>/
73directory contains a Makefile and a makefile
74fragment for building an
75.Pa <arch2>
76compat libraries for
77.Pa <arch1> .
78For example,
79.Pa compat/amd64/i386/
80is where the 32-bit compat libraries for the
81amd64 port are being built.
82.It Pa compatsubdir.mk
83The list of subdirectories (the libraries and
84ld.elf_so) to build with this ABI.
85.It Pa archdirs.mk
86The list of subdirectories for each port.
87.It Pa Makefile.compat
88The basic framework to force the right paths for
89library and ld.elf_so linkage.
90.It Pa dirshack/Makefile
91A hack to get objdirs created timely.
92.El
93.It Pa crypto/
94Cryptographic source, which may have import or
95export restrictions.
96.Bl -tag -width "external/" -compact
97.It Pa dist/
98Original sources.
99This is deprecated;
100.Pa crypto/external/
101should be used instead.
102.It Pa external/
103Original sources, grouped by license, and then
104package per license.
105.Pa crypto/external/<license>/<package>/dist/
106contain original sources for given package;
107other directories contain Makefiles and
108given package's config files.
109.El
110.It Pa dist/
111Unmodified sources from third parties.
112This is deprecated;
113.Pa external/
114should be used instead.
115.It Pa distrib/
116Tools and data-files for making distributions.
117.Bl -tag -width "distrib/notes/<arch>/" -compact
118.It Pa <arch>/
119Architecture-specific files, grouped by
120image type.
121For example,
122.Pa distrib/<arch>/floppies/
123contains Makefiles for making images for
124various types of floppies;
125.Pa <arch>/ramdisk/
126contains makefiles for making ramdisks etc.
127.It Pa cdrom/
128Was used to create bootable CD images.
129This is deprecated;
130.Pa build.sh
131\'s
132.Pa iso-image
133target should be used instead.
134.It Pa common/
135Common files for images generation.
136.It Pa miniroot/
137Files for miniroot.
138.It Pa notes/<arch>
139Architecture-specific parts of release notes.
140.It Pa sets/
141Scripts for making file sets.
142.It Pa utils/
143Utilities for installation ramdisk.
144.El
145.It Pa doc/
146Development documentation files: changelogs,
147build readmes etc.
148.Pa doc/roadmaps/
149contains roadmaps.
150.It Pa etc/
151Default configuration files to be put into
152.Pa /etc .
153.Bl -tag -width "compat/<arch1>/<arch2>/" -compact
154.It Pa etc/etc.<arch>/
155Architecture-specific config files.
156.El
157.It Pa external/
158Unmodified sources from third parties,
159grouped by license.
160Every
161.Pa external/<license>/<package>/
162may contain:
163.Bl -tag -width "usr.sbin/" -compact
164.It Pa dist/
165Unmodified third party source for a given package
166.It Pa bin/
167.It Pa usr.bin/
168.It Pa usr.sbin/
169.It etc.
170Such subdirectories contain reachover Makefiles,
171README's and various import helper scripts.
172For example,
173.Pa external/public-domain/
174contains
175sources licensed under Public Domain
176license;
177.Pa external/public-domain/sqlite/dist/
178contains original sources;
179.Pa external/public-domain/sqlite/bin/ ,
180.Pa external/public-domain/sqlite/lib/
181and
182.Pa external/public-domain/sqlite/
183itself contain reachover Makefiles.
184.El
185.It Pa games/
186Sources for utilities/files in
187.Pa /usr/games ;
188each utility has its own subdirectory, where
189its sources and Makefiles are located.
190.It Pa include/
191Files to be put into
192.Pa /usr/include .
193.It Pa lib/
194Source for libraries in
195.Pa /usr/lib
196and some scripts for them.
197Every directory contains source for given library
198and Makefiles.
199.It Pa libexec/
200Source for utilities in
201.Pa /usr/libexec .
202Every directory contains source for given utility
203and Makefiles.
204.It Pa regress/
205Various regression tests in
206.Pa /usr/tests .
207This is deprecated; most tests are being migrated
208into
209.Pa tests/
210once they are migrated to the
211.Xr atf 7
212test framework.
213.It Pa rescue/
214Makefiles for copying utilities to
215.Pa /rescue .
216.It Pa share/
217Source for utilities/files in
218.Pa /usr/share .
219Every utility has its own subdirectory,
220where its source and Makefile are located.
221.It Pa sys/
222Kernel source.
223.Bl -tag -width "opencrypto/" -compact
224.It Pa altq/
225Network packet alternate queueing.
226.It Pa arch/
227Files to specific hardware platforms.
228.It Pa coda/
229Coda file system driver.
230.It Pa compat/
231Support for older version
232.Nx
233binaries and
234.Pf non- Nx
235binaries.
236.It Pa conf/
237Misc files for building kernel.
238.It Pa crypto/
239Crypt algorithms used by IPsec.
240.It Pa ddb/
241Client code for local kernel debugger.
242.It Pa dev/
243Device drivers.
244.It Pa dist/
245Parent directory for the
246.Ox
247packet filter
248.Xr pf 4 .
249.It Pa external/
250Sources from third parties, grouped by license.
251.It Pa fs/
252File systems storing data on physical drives.
253.It Pa gdbscripts/
254.Xr gdb 1
255macros.
256.It Pa kern/
257.Nx Ap s
258Kernel code, such as resource management, signal delivering, etc.
259.It Pa lib/
260Libraries used by the kernel.
261.It Pa miscfs/
262Drivers for file systems used to store layered data for kernel features.
263.It Pa modules/
264Kernel components, including hardware specific drivers and upper-level drivers.
265.It Pa net/
266Lowlevel network: protocol drivers, packet filters and access interfaces for NICs.
267.It Pa net80211/
268Drivers for 802.11 wireless network.
269.It Pa netatalk/
270Appletalk protocol stack
271.Xr atalk 4 .
272.It Pa netbt/
273Bluetooth stack
274.Xr bluetooth 4 .
275.It Pa netcan/
276Controller Area Network stack
277.Xr can 4 .
278.It Pa netinet/
279IPv4 protocol stack
280.Xr ip 4 .
281.It Pa netinet6/
282IPv6 protocol stack.
283.It Pa netipsec/
284IPsec protocol stack
285.Xr ipsec 4 .
286.It Pa netmpls/
287MPLS protocol stack
288.Xr mpls 4 .
289.It Pa nfs/
290Network file system driver.
291.It Pa opencrypto/
292Cryptographic hardware framework
293.Xr opencrypto 9 .
294.It Pa rump/
295Rump kernel
296.Xr rump 3 .
297.It Pa secmodel/
298Security model framework
299.Xr secmodel 9 .
300.It Pa stand/
301Source for several standalone programs that aren't used by
302.Nx
303currently.
304.It Pa sys/
305Header files that get installed into
306.Pa /usr/include/sys .
307.It Pa ufs/
308UFS file system driver.
309.It Pa uvm/
310Virtual memory manager.
311.El
312.It Pa tests/
313Source for test programs in
314.Pa /usr/tests .
315These tests use the
316.Xr atf 7
317test framework.
318For library routines, including system calls, the
319directory structure of the tests should follow the
320directory structure of the real source tree.
321For instance, interfaces available via the C
322library should follow:
323.Pa src/lib/libc/gen -> Pa src/tests/lib/libc/gen ,
324.Pa src/lib/libc/sys -> Pa src/tests/lib/libc/sys ,
325etc.
326Equivalently, all tests for userland utilities
327should try to follow their location in the source tree.
328If this can not be satisfied, the tests for
329a utility should be located under the directory to which
330the utility is installed.
331Thus, a test for
332.Xr env 1
333should go to
334.Pa src/tests/usr.bin/env .
335Likewise, a test for
336.Xr tcpdump 8
337should be in
338.Pa src/tests/usr.sbin/tcpdump ,
339even though the source code for the program is located under
340.Pa src/external .
341.It Pa tools/
342Reachover build structure for the host build tools.
343Every utility has its own directory, where its Makefile
344is located.
345.It Pa x11/
346Reachover build structure for X11R7; the source is in
347.Pa X11SRCDIR .
348The directory structure copies the system\'s;
349every directory contains a Makefile.
350.El
351.Sh SEE ALSO
352.Xr hier 7
353.Sh HISTORY
354This file was created as a part of Google Code-in 2012/2013.
355.Sh AUTHORS
356.An -nosplit
357This manpage was written by
358.An Elvira Khabirova Aq Mt skinder0@gmail.com ,
359the
360.Pa sys/
361part by
362.An Mingzhe Wang .
363