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| author | Archaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-07-09 20:45:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Archaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-07-09 20:45:17 +0000 |
| commit | a5db5e7ff7de613f43e2c54f41dd320bbb6ae344 (patch) | |
| tree | 09186c79a32ad51276b908358f222743d943d234 /chapter08 | |
| parent | 9041d47ec127fd8cfa2137ee601af4014a8d23c1 (diff) | |
Rewrote the NOTE section on kernel page.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6470 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/kernel.xml | 19 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml index d7ad15b6e..ad999f4ea 100644 --- a/chapter08/kernel.xml +++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml @@ -62,15 +62,6 @@ url="&blfs-root;view/svn/longindex.html#kernel-config-index"/>:</para> situations. See the <filename>README</filename> file for more information.</para> -<note><para>When configuring the kernel, be sure to enable the <quote>Support -for hot-pluggable devices</quote> option under the <quote>General Setup</quote> -menu. This enables hotplug events that are used by <command>udev</command> to -populate the <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> directory with device -nodes. Likewise, enable the <quote>Virtual memory file system support</quote> -option under the <quote>File systems</quote>/<quote>Pseudo filesystems</quote> -menu. This enables the virtual filesystem that the <filename -class="directory">/dev</filename> directory will be mounted on.</para></note> - <para>If desired, skip kernel configuration by copying the kernel config file, <filename>.config</filename>, from the host system (assuming it is available) to the unpacked <filename @@ -79,10 +70,12 @@ we do not recommend this option. It is often better to explore all the configuration menus and create the kernel configuration from scratch.</para> -<note><para>NPTL requires the kernel to be compiled with GCC 3.x, in -this case &gcc-version;. Compiling with 2.95.x is known to cause failures in -the glibc test suite, so it is not recommended to compile the kernel -with gcc 2.95.x.</para></note> +<note><para>NPTL requires the kernel to be compiled with GCC-3.x, in this case +&gcc-version;. Compiling with 2.95.x is known to cause failures in the Glibc +test suite, so it is not recommended to compile the kernel with gcc 2.95.x. +Normally, this wouldn't be mentioned as LFS doesn't build GCC-2.95.x. +Unfortunately, the kernel documentation is outdated and still claims GCC-2.95.3 +is the recommended compiler.</para></note> <para>Compile the kernel image and modules:</para> |