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| author | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2010-02-19 20:17:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2010-02-19 20:17:17 +0000 |
| commit | 12c82b50732eb20659f09456b7ebd3ac7bbbb41f (patch) | |
| tree | c5ceffea4308ca3fd6ada302ef329e8a4711efeb /prologue/architecture.xml | |
| parent | 62a1365f24edcd920b27100ed89dc39498ad8daa (diff) | |
Fix several grammar mistakes and other typos. Thanks to Jim DeMarco for the report.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9191 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'prologue/architecture.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | prologue/architecture.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/prologue/architecture.xml b/prologue/architecture.xml index a9160865f..3527d5956 100644 --- a/prologue/architecture.xml +++ b/prologue/architecture.xml @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ installation, Ubuntu, Red Hat/Fedora, SuSE, or other distribution that targets the architecture that you have. Also note that a 32-bit distribution can be installed and used as a host system on a 64-bit AMD/Intel computer.</para> -<para>Some other facts about a 64-bit systems need to be added here. When +<para>Some other facts about 64-bit systems need to be added here. When compared to a 32-bit system, the sizes of executable programs are slightly larger and the execution speeds are only slightly faster. For example, in a test build of LFS-6.5 on a Core2Duo CPU based system, the following statistics @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ data that exceeds 4GB, the advantages of a 64-bit system are substantial.</para> "multi-lib" system requires compiling many applications twice, once for a 32-bit system and once for a 64-bit system. This is not directly supported in LFS becuase it would interfere with the educational objective of providing the -instructions needed for a straight forward base Linux system. You can refer to +instructions needed for a straightforward base Linux system. You can refer to the <ulink url="http://trac.cross-lfs.org/">Cross Linux From Scratch</ulink> project for this advanced topic.</para> @@ -51,11 +51,10 @@ project for this advanced topic.</para> that cannot currently be built in a "pure" 64-bit system or require specialized build instructions. Generally, these packages have some embedded 32-bit specific assembly language instructions that fail when building on a 64-bit -system. This includes some <ulink +system. This includes some Xorg drivers from <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/">Beyond Linux From Scratch -(BLFS)</ulink> Xorg drivers. Many of these problems can -be worked around, but may require some specialized procedures or -patches.</para> +(BLFS)</ulink>. Many of these problems can be worked around, but may require +some specialized procedures or patches.</para> </sect1> |