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authorGreg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-10-04 02:55:49 +0000
committerGreg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-10-04 02:55:49 +0000
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Chapter 5 - Binutils Pass 1: Add extra LDFLAGS to ensure static rebuild of ld. Add some clarifying notes re package directory removal and POSIX shared memory.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2918 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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-rw-r--r--chapter08/fstab.xml9
-rw-r--r--chapter08/kernel-inst.xml6
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/fstab.xml b/chapter08/fstab.xml
index 4c38ede0e..b89afd0c2 100644
--- a/chapter08/fstab.xml
+++ b/chapter08/fstab.xml
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ end of the line should be replaced with <emphasis>0 0</emphasis>, as such a
partition does not need to be dumped or checked</para>
<para>The <filename>/dev/shm</filename> mount point for tmpfs is included to
-comply with Posix shared memory requirements. For more information on this,
-see <filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the kernel
-source tree.</para>
+enable POSIX shared memory. Your kernel must have the required support built
+into it for this to work. More about this in the next section. Please note that
+currently, very little software actually uses POSIX shared memory. Therefore you
+can consider the <filename>/dev/shm</filename> mount optional. For more
+information, see <filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the
+kernel source tree.</para>
<para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your
<filename>fstab</filename> file. One example is a line to use if you intend to
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel-inst.xml b/chapter08/kernel-inst.xml
index 480db6a1b..00f6c23b1 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel-inst.xml
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ kernel config file, <filename>.config</filename>, from your host system to the
<filename class="directory">$LFS/usr/src/linux-&kernel-version;</filename>
directory.</para>
-<para>It's important to note that to be compliant with POSIX shared memory
-requirements, we must enable the tmpfs filesystem option, and mount a tmpfs
-filesystem at <filename>/dev/shm</filename>.</para>
+<para>For POSIX shared memory support, ensure that the kernel config option
+"Virtual memory file system support" is enabled. It resides within the "File
+systems" menu and is normally enabled by default.</para>
<para>Verify dependencies and create dependency information files:</para>