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authorManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-06-17 18:06:51 +0000
committerManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-06-17 18:06:51 +0000
commitd2f9350a2254cfc3a32c906fc6152ea51fbbc4cd (patch)
treeaff967bcdd14a6551be71dc859f8dd9da1fc955f /chapter08
parent0eb01c0fdc9d8f05ccf9bf6ec3f01acee99c0b88 (diff)
Reworded the kernel page as per bug 1569 comments.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6044 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter08')
-rw-r--r--chapter08/kernel.xml48
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index 7eee87130..1c9bbaf0b 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ compile the keymap into the kernel, issue the command below:</para>
<para>Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface. BLFS has some
information regarding particular kernel configuration requirements of
-packages outside of LFS at <ulink
+packages outside of LFS at <ulink
url="&blfs-root;view/svn/longindex.html#kernel-config-index"/>:</para>
<screen><userinput>make menuconfig</userinput></screen>
@@ -178,7 +178,13 @@ all files are owned by user <emphasis>root</emphasis>.</para>
source directory. This is specific to kernels prior to the 2.6 series and
<emphasis>must not</emphasis> be created on an LFS system as it can cause
problems for packages you may wish to build once your base LFS system is
-complete.</para></warning>
+complete.</para>
+
+<para>Also, the headers in the system's
+<filename class="directory">include</filename> directory should
+<emphasis>always</emphasis> be the ones against which Glibc was compiled,
+that is, the ones from the Linux-Libc-Headers package, and therefore, should
+<emphasis>never</emphasis> be replaced by the kernel headers.</para></warning>
</sect2>
@@ -187,47 +193,42 @@ complete.</para></warning>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed files</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>kernel, kernel headers,
-and System.map</seg></seglistitem>
+<seglistitem><seg>config-&linux-version;, lfskernel-&linux-version;,
+and System.map-&linux-version;</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
-<varlistentry id="kernel">
-<term><filename>kernel</filename></term>
+<varlistentry id="config">
+<term><filename>config-&linux-version;</filename></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Contains all the configuration selections for the kernel</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel config"><primary sortas="e-/boot/config">/boot/config-&linux-version;</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="lfskernel">
+<term><filename>lfskernel-&linux-version;</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>The engine of the Linux system. When turning on the computer,
the kernel is the first part of the operating system that gets loaded.
It detects and initializes all components of the computer's hardware,
then makes these components available as a tree of files to the
software and turns a single CPU into a multitasking machine capable
-of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time.</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel kernel"><primary sortas="b-kernel">kernel</primary></indexterm>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="kernel-headers">
-<term><filename>kernel headers</filename></term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Defines the interface to the services that the kernel provides.
-The headers in the system's <filename
-class="directory">include</filename> directory should
-<emphasis>always</emphasis> be the ones against which Glibc was
-compiled and therefore, should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be replaced
-when upgrading the kernel.</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel kernel-headers"><primary sortas="e-kernel-headers">kernel headers</primary></indexterm>
+of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel lfskernel"><primary sortas="b-lfskernel">lfskernel</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="System.map">
-<term><filename>System.map</filename></term>
+<term><filename>System.map-&linux-version;</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>A list of addresses and symbols; it maps the entry points and
addresses of all the functions and data structures in the
kernel</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel System.map"><primary sortas="e-/boot/System.map">/boot/System.map</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel System.map"><primary sortas="e-/boot/System.map">/boot/System.map-&linux-version;</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -235,4 +236,3 @@ kernel</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
-