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diff --git a/generate/unix/readme.txt b/generate/unix/readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..6e20a437b5de8 --- /dev/null +++ b/generate/unix/readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +Unix ACPICA makefiles +--------------------- + +These makefiles are intended for generating the ACPICA utilities in +a Unix-like environment, with the original ACPICA code (not linuxized), +and in the original (git tree) ACPICA directory structure. + +The top level makefile will generate the following utilities: + +acpiexec +acpinames +acpisrc +acpixtract +iasl + + +Requirements +------------ + +make +gcc compiler (3+ or 4+) +bison +flex + + +Configuration +------------- + +The Makefile.config file contains the configuration information: + +HOST = _CYGWIN /* Host system, must appear in acenv.h */ +CC = gcc-4 /* C compiler */ +ACPICA_SRC = ../../../source /* Location of acpica source tree */ + + +Intermediate Files +------------------ + +The intermediate files for each utility (.o, etc.) are placed in the +subdirectory corresponding to each utility, not in the source code +tree itself. This prevents collisions when different utilities compile +the same source modules with different options. + + +Output +------ + +The executable utilities are copied to the local bin directory. + +"make install" will install the binaries to /usr/bin + |