1FreeBSD Source: 2--------------- 3This is the top level of the FreeBSD source directory. This file 4was last revised on: 5$FreeBSD$ 6 7FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, 8desktops, and embedded platforms. A large community has 9continually developed it for more than thirty years. Its 10advanced networking, security, and storage features have 11made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the 12busiest web sites and most pervasive embedded networking 13and storage devices. 14 15For copyright information, please see the file COPYRIGHT in this 16directory. Additional copyright information also exists for some 17sources in this tree - please see the specific source directories for 18more information. 19 20The Makefile in this directory supports a number of targets for 21building components (or all) of the FreeBSD source tree. See build(7), config(8), 22https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html, and 23https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html 24for more information, including setting make(1) variables. 25 26Source Roadmap: 27--------------- 28``` 29bin System/user commands. 30 31cddl Various commands and libraries under the Common Development 32 and Distribution License. 33 34contrib Packages contributed by 3rd parties. 35 36crypto Cryptography stuff (see crypto/README). 37 38etc Template files for /etc. 39 40gnu Commands and libraries under the GNU General Public License 41 (GPL) or Lesser General Public License (LGPL). Please see 42 gnu/COPYING* for more information. 43 44include System include files. 45 46kerberos5 Kerberos5 (Heimdal) package. 47 48lib System libraries. 49 50libexec System daemons. 51 52release Release building Makefile & associated tools. 53 54rescue Build system for statically linked /rescue utilities. 55 56sbin System commands. 57 58secure Cryptographic libraries and commands. 59 60share Shared resources. 61 62stand Boot loader sources. 63 64sys Kernel sources. 65 66sys/<arch>/conf Kernel configuration files. GENERIC is the configuration 67 used in release builds. NOTES contains documentation of 68 all possible entries. 69 70tests Regression tests which can be run by Kyua. See tests/README 71 for additional information. 72 73tools Utilities for regression testing and miscellaneous tasks. 74 75usr.bin User commands. 76 77usr.sbin System administration commands. 78``` 79 80For information on synchronizing your source tree with one or more of 81the FreeBSD Project's development branches, please see: 82 83 https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html 84