How do I port NetBSD to another platform?
We still use the old style K&R definitions easier, because bringing up a new port on a foreign machine with a brain-damaged compiler can be impossible, or at least very difficult, if you don’t do it this way. Remember, NetBSD is multi-platform, and tries to make it as easy as possible to port. Which means building pieces of the system with someone else’s compiler. 3.1.2 : I want to do one of the following things: * add a device not in the distributed kernel (third com port, additional disk or tape, line printer driver, etc). * use a patch from the net or the patchkit to fix a kernel bug. * add another swap device. * recompile the kernel to remove extraneous devices so that it takes up less space. * configure more pseudo-terminals to allow for more xterms or network logins. You’re going to have to recompile the kernel after you modify the config file. See section 3.2 below for more information about the config file in general. 3.1.3 : I want to build and profile a kernel. What do I need
