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Wed 10 Mar 2021

Customizing the FreeBSD Kernel

In this article, we will be looking at the various ways to customize the build of the FreeBSD kernel and its loadable modules. Understanding this process is invaluable for making custom additions or tuning the kernel build for a specific piece of hardware.

What we’ll cover in this article:

  1. Kernel config file format and configuration
  2. Kernel module Makefiles
  3. Building out-of-tree modules

Source: Customizing the FreeBSD Kernel