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authorArchaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-12-26 19:00:06 +0000
committerArchaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-12-26 19:00:06 +0000
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treea0f3a22ecc9c0eedfd891d54e9acf06502d2b07f /chapter08/kernel.xml
parent2550494b85359ff42bb95a72911c7751cbce14d4 (diff)
Applied Alexander Patrakov's patch which adds UTF-8 capability to the
development branch of the LFS Book. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7235 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@
in the kernel source tree for alternative methods to the way this book
configures the kernel.</para>
+ <para>By default, Linux kernel generates wrong sequences of bytes when
+ dead keys are used in UTF-8 keyboard mode. Also, one cannot copy and paste
+ non-ASCII characters when UTF-8 mode is aciive. Fix these issues with the
+ patch:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&linux-utf8-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Prepare for compilation by running the following command:</para>
<screen><userinput>make mrproper</userinput></screen>
@@ -57,14 +64,7 @@
kernel compilation. Do not rely on the source tree being clean after
un-tarring.</para>
- <para>If, in <xref linkend="ch-scripts-console" role=","/> it was decided to
- compile the keymap into the kernel, issue the command below:</para>
-
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>loadkeys -m /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/<replaceable>[path to keymap]</replaceable> &gt; \
- drivers/char/defkeymap.c</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>For example, if using a Dutch keyboard, use
- <filename>/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz</filename>.</para>
+ <!-- Support for compiling a keymap into the kernel is deliberately removed -->
<para>Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface. BLFS has some
information regarding particular kernel configuration requirements of