ChorusOS 4.0 Introduction

`imake` Build Rules

The file Imake.rules contains macros known as Imake build rules. Their name and function are described in Table 4-2.

Table 4-2 Imake build rules


Macro name	Function
`MakeDir(dir)`	Creates the directory named `dir`.
`LibraryTarget(lib, objs)`	Adds the objects indicated by `objs` into the library `lib`.
`Depend(srcs)`	Computes the dependencies of `srcs` and adds them to the dependency list in the `Makefile` (using `makedepend`).
`ActorTarget(prog, objs, options, crt0, libs)`	Uses `objs` to create a C actor called `prog`, and passes `options`, `crt0` and `libs` to the linker.
`UserActorTarget(prog, objs, libs)`	Creates a user C actor.
`SupActorTarget(prog, objs, libs)`	Creates a supervisor C actor.
`EmbeddedUserActorTarget(prog, objs, libs)`	Creates an embedded user C actor.
`EmbeddedSupActorTarget(prog, objs, libs)`	Creates an embedded supervisor C actor.
`BuiltinDriver(prog, objs, libs)`	Creates a ChorusOS operating system driver.
`BspProgtarget(prog, entry, objs, libs)`	Creates a BSP program.
`CXXActorTarget(prog, objs, options, crt0, libs)`	Uses `objs` to create a C++ actor called `prog`, and passes `options`, `crt0` and `libs` to the linker.
`CXXUserActorTarget(prog, objs, libs)`	Creates a user C++ actor.
`CXXSupActorTarget(prog, objs, libs)`	Creates a supervisor C++ actor.
`CXXEmbeddedUserActorTarget(prog, objs, libs)`	Creates an embedded user C++ actor.
`CXXEmbeddedSupActorTarget(prog, objs, libs)`	Creates an embedded supervisor C++ actor.
`DynamicUserTarget(prog, objs, libs, dynamicLibs, dlDeps, options)`	Creates a dynamic user C actor.
`DynamicSupTarget(prog, objs, libs, dynamicLibs, dlDeps, options)`	Creates a dynamic user C actor.
`DynamicCXXUserTarget(prog, objs, libs, dynamicLibs, dlDeps, options)`	Creates a dynamic user C actor.
`DynamicCXXSupTarget(prog, objs, libs, dynamicLibs, dlDeps, options)`	Creates a dynamic user C actor.
`DynamicLibraryTarget(dlib, objs, staticLibs, dynamicLibs, dlDeps, options)`	Creates a dynamic library.

Rules used to build actors use the following common arguments:

obj is the list of binary objects included in the actor.
prog is the name of the actor.
libs is the list of additional libraries used to build the actor. The actor is linked by default with the library to provide either the basic or extended environment.

The rules used to build dynamic actors are described in more detail in "Building a Dynamic Program".

imake Build Rules

`imake` Build Rules