Everyone and their grandmother builds Linux kernels. Many people build BSD, and some brave men even compile the OS X kernel every now and then. Why not compile your own Solaris kernel for a change?<\/p>\n
There is lots of documentation scattered out there, many pieces, incomplete, outdated and over-generalized tutorials. This will walk you through installing Solaris, adding all components required for building, and actually compiling a kernel in 73 easy steps.<\/p>\n
I won’t give you any options, because options make everything more complicated. We’re installing Solaris on a dedicated machine, the versions of the build system and the target kernel\/system will match and we’re targeting x86\/x64 only.<\/p>\n
echo \"export PS1='h:W u$ '\" >> .bashrc<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
echo \"PATH=\/opt\/onbld\/bin:$PATH\" >> .bashrc<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
\/usr\/sbin\/ifconfig -a<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
su<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
bash<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
cd \/opt<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
bzip2 -cd \/export\/home\/username\/Desktop\/sunstudio*.tar.bz2 | tar xf -<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
cd \/export\/home\/username\/Desktop<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
bzip2 -cd SUNWonbld*.tar.bz2 | tar xf -<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
pkgadd -d onbld SUNWonbld<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
y<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
mkdir work<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
cd work<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
bzip2 -cd ~\/Desktop\/on-closed-bins*.tar.bz2 | tar xf -<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
bzip2 -cd ~\/Desktop\/on-src*.tar.bz2 | tar xf -<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
cd usr\/src\/tools<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
mkdir proto<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
ln -s \/opt proto<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
cd ..\/..\/..<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
cp usr\/src\/tools\/env\/opensolaris.sh .<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
vi opensolaris.sh<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
bldenv .\/opensolaris.sh<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
cd usr\/src\/uts<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
dmake all<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n(If it complains with “illegal option -m64”, your compiler is too old. Get Sun Studio 12. If anything fails, read the README from the download page for updates on the build you’re using.)<\/p>\n
Now if we only knew what to do with that kernel!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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