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To describe static compilation. I hope the rest is also okay. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +Installation +============ + +General +------- + +kexec-tools uses Autoconf, so you can just use + + ./configure + make + su -c "make install" + +to install kexec-tools on your system. However, you should check first if your +favourite Linux distribution doesn't offer a package. If that package is recent +enough, you should consider using that package instead. + + +Installation directory +---------------------- + +To change the default installation directory, call ./configure with + + --prefix=<prefix> (for example, /usr) + --bindir=<binary directory> (for example, /usr/bin) + --sbindir=<super user binary directory> (for example, /usr/sbin) + --mandir=<manpage directory> (for example, /usr/share/man) + +and so on. See the output of + + ./configure --help + +for all options. + + +Static compilation +------------------ + +To compile kexec-tools statically (i.e., independent of libraries that are +present on the system), use + + LDFLAGS=-static ./configure <options> + +instead. + + +Cross compilation +----------------- + +Because kexec is also used in the embedded world, cross-compilation is +supported. You cannot only set "CC", "LD", "CCFLAGS" and "LDFLAGS" environment +variables for the ./configure call as usual, you can also set + + TARGET_CC -- the C compiler used for files that should run on the + target + TARGET_CCFLAGS -- compilation flags for $TARGET_CC + TARGET_LD -- linker used for files that should run on the + target + +Because the build process also requires files that must be executed during the +build, you also need a host compiler, only the target compiler is not enough. + + BUILD_CC -- the C compiler used for files that should run on the + host (the system that builds the kexec-tools) + BUILD_CFLAGS -- compilation flags for $BUILD_CC + _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
