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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2014-05-15 20:17:02 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2014-05-15 20:17:02 +0000
commitd13c6db7278508398c3f1b92564e4f1afbecd3c1 (patch)
tree6dd3a7780c2fda3879896afda4d0171d0adeb622 /chapter08
parentbf2bd2518cfbcfaae5c662170abdf63974e5b03e (diff)
Clarify kernel configuration settings.
Fix gcc LTO symlink for i686 systems. Fix kbd-2.0.1.tar.gz md5sum. Fix procps-ng url. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@10565 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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-rw-r--r--chapter08/kernel.xml30
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index 930e5a007..c5715f377 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -76,10 +76,14 @@
Device Drivers ---&gt;
Generic Driver Options ---&gt;
() path to uevent helper
- [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev
-File systems ---&gt;
- [*] Inotify support for userspace
- &lt;*&gt; Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3)</screen></note>
+ [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev</screen></note>
+
+ <para>There are several other options that may be desired depending
+ on teh requirements for the system. For a list of options needed
+ for BLFS packages, see the <ulink
+ url="&lfs-root;blfs/view/&short-version;/longindex.html#kernel-config-index">BLFS
+ Index of Kernel Settings</ulink>
+ (&lfs-root;blfs/view/&short-version;/longindex.html#kernel-config-index).</para>
<variablelist>
<title>The rationale for the above configuration items:</title>
@@ -102,24 +106,6 @@ File systems ---&gt;
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>Inotify support</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>This allows monitoring of both files and directories via a single
- open file descriptor.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>Kernel automounter version 4 support</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>This allows Desktop
- Environments to automatically mount usb sticks and similar, this is
- needed to work around a bug with network filesystems which are to be
- mounted on boot.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
</variablelist>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>make LANG=<replaceable>&lt;host_LANG_value&gt;</replaceable> LC_ALL= menuconfig</userinput></screen>