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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2009-11-17 20:16:13 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2009-11-17 20:16:13 +0000
commit43b5b9593c6b34dacab2eb757c736b34d8bc8ceb (patch)
treec969a47aaf315a740a6c4808510c388f135f689e
parent942e32bc75f7049b0850f3135116adc6c9cd9c68 (diff)
Removed paragraph in LFS Target Architectures
that said that we can't build a 64-bit loader git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9107 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml10
-rw-r--r--general.ent4
-rw-r--r--prologue/architecture.xml6
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 1c5ca83d7..9a55cb17a 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@
<para>2009-11-16</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] Removed paragraph in LFS Target Architectures
+ that said that we can't build a 64-bit loader.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>2009-11-16</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
<para>[bdubbs] Clarified explanation of why we use cross
compilation techniques in the Toolchain Technical Notes.
Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2412">#2412</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 59325d058..d30cfd945 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20091116">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "November 16, 2009">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20091117">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "November 17, 2009">
<!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2009"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
<!ENTITY milestone "7.0">
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/prologue/architecture.xml b/prologue/architecture.xml
index 0a9c07599..55b24559e 100644
--- a/prologue/architecture.xml
+++ b/prologue/architecture.xml
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ Ubuntu, Red Hat/Fedora, SuSE, or other distribution that targets the system
that you have. Also note that a 32-bit system can be installed and used as a
host system on a 64-bit AMD/Intel system.</para>
-<para>If you decide to target a 64-bit AMD/Intel system, LFS does have some
-limitations. First, it does not currently provide instructions for a 64-bit
-boot loader. If there is an existing boot loader, it can be used to boot to
-any LFS system you build, but <xref linkend="ch-bootable-grub"/> cannot be
-built on a 64-bit system.</para>
-
<para>Some other facts about a 64-bit systems need to be added here. When
compared to a 32-bit system, the sizes of executable programs are slightly
larger and the execution speeds are only slightly faster. For example, in a