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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2011-09-03 15:42:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2011-09-03 15:42:14 +0000 |
| commit | 13e7d79417834f974264b5eecc99cf949ebc307d (patch) | |
| tree | 26f15847038feeaea421730475d03f371c07d5b3 /prologue/hostreqs.xml | |
| parent | e75f916c2f7455f087d119ec382672a572625097 (diff) | |
Fix binutils extracted directory version in binutils
build instructions. This will be reverted at the next upstream release
when the tarball name is again synced with the extracted directory
name.
Fix bootscripts to properly export IN_BOOT variable.
Adjust minimum kernel for the host sysem to 2.6.25
due to a udev requirement.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9592 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'prologue/hostreqs.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | prologue/hostreqs.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/prologue/hostreqs.xml b/prologue/hostreqs.xml index e08ecb8c5..1566f24d4 100644 --- a/prologue/hostreqs.xml +++ b/prologue/hostreqs.xml @@ -81,17 +81,18 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para><emphasis role="strong">Linux Kernel-2.6.22.5</emphasis> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Linux Kernel-2.6.25</emphasis> (having been compiled with GCC-4.1.2 or greater)</para> <para>The reason for the kernel version requirement is that we specify that version when building <application>glibc</application> in Chapter 6 - at the recommendation of the developers. </para> + at the recommendation of the developers. It is also required by + udev.</para> - <para>If the host kernel is either earlier than 2.6.22.5, or it was not + <para>If the host kernel is either earlier than 2.6.25, or it was not compiled using a GCC-4.1.2 (or later) compiler, you will need to replace the kernel with one adhering to the specifications. There are two ways - you can go about this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6.22.5 + you can go about this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6.25 or later kernel package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor doesn't offer an acceptable kernel package, or you would prefer not to install it, you can compile a kernel yourself. Instructions for |