The Platform-Dependent Directories

The following table describes the platform-dependent objects in the /platform and /usr/platform directories.

Table 21–3 The /platform and /usr/platform Directories


Directory	Description
`/platform`	Contains a series of directories, one directory per supported platform that needs to reside in the root (`/`) file system.
`/platform/*/kernel`	Contains platform-dependent kernel components, including the file `unix`, the core kernel that is platform–dependent. For more information, see kernel(1M).
`/usr/platform`	Contains platform-dependent objects that do not need to reside in the root (`/`) file system.
`/usr/platform/*/lib`	Contains platform-dependent objects similar to those objects found in the `/usr/lib` directory.
`/usr/platform/*/sbin`	Contains platform-dependent objects similar to those objects found in the `/usr/sbin` directory.