Add quick build instructions

Full update to date build information will stay on the wiki for
now, but there is no harm in adding the bare bones instructions
to the README.  They shouldn't change and are a reasonable
quick start.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>

diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
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--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@ ported to FreeBSD and now there is a functional Linux ZFS kernel port
 too. The port currently includes a fully functional and stable SPA, DMU,
 and ZVOL with a ZFS Posix Layer (ZPL) on the way!
 
-Documentation for building, configuring, and using ZFS can be found at:
-<http://wiki.github.com/behlendorf/zfs/>
+To build packages for your distribution, first build and install the
+SPL packages <http://wiki.github.com/behlendorf/spl/> then:
+
+$ ./configure
+$ make pkg
+
+Full documentation for building, configuring, and using ZFS can be
+found at: <http://wiki.github.com/behlendorf/zfs/>