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diff --git a/doc/building.txt b/doc/building.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d0f50680 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/building.txt @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ + Building Syslinux + +From Syslinux 6.0 onwards there is support for three different +firmware backends, BIOS, 32-bit EFI and 64-bit EFI. To allow users the +flexibility to build only the firmware they need the Syslinux make +infrastructure has become more complex. + +The Syslinux make infrastructure understands the following syntax, + + make [firmware[,firwmware]] [target[,target]] + +If no firmware is specified then any targets will be applied to all +three firmware backends. If no target is specified then the 'all' +target is implicitly built. + +For example, to build the installers for BIOS, 32-bit EFI and 64-bit +EFI type, + + make installer + +TO build the BIOS and 64-bit EFI installers type, + + make bios efi64 installer + +To delete all object files and build the installer for 32-bit EFI +type, + + make efi32 spotless installer + + + ++++ THE OBJECT DIRECTORY ++++ + +A custom top-level object directory can be specified on the make +command-line by using the O= variable, e.g. + + make O=/tmp/syslinux-obj efi32 + +will build the 32-bit object files under /tmp/syslinux-obj/efi32. If +no object directory is specified then object files will be written to +an 'obj' directory in the top-level of the Syslinux source. |