Reworded why a 2.6 kernel compiled with GCC-3 is required on the host system.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7547 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/prologue/hostreqs.xml b/prologue/hostreqs.xml
index 83f8abb2f..93169574b 100644
--- a/prologue/hostreqs.xml
+++ b/prologue/hostreqs.xml
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@
       <para>Bash-2.05a</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Binutils-2.12 (Versions greater than &binutils-version; not recommended.)</para>
+      <para>Binutils-2.12 (Versions greater than &binutils-version; not
+      recommended)</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Bzip2-1.0.2</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Coreutils-5.0 (or Sh-Utils-2.0, Textutils-2.0
+      <para>Coreutils-5.0 (or Sh-Utils-2.0, Textutils-2.0,
       and Fileutils-4.1)</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
@@ -41,10 +42,12 @@
       <para>Gawk-3.0</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Gcc-2.95.3 (Versions greater than &gcc-version; not recommended.)</para>
+      <para>Gcc-2.95.3 (Versions greater than &gcc-version; not
+      recommended)</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Glibc-2.2.5 (Versions greater than &glibc-version; not recommended.)</para>
+      <para>Glibc-2.2.5 (Versions greater than &glibc-version; not
+      recommended)</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Grep-2.5</para>
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@
       <para>Gzip-1.2.4</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Linux Kernel-2.6.2 (having been compiled with Gcc-3.0)</para>
+      <para>Linux Kernel-2.6.x (having been compiled with Gcc-3.0)</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>Make-3.79.1</para>
@@ -70,14 +73,10 @@
 
   </itemizedlist>
 
-  <para>There are two main reasons for the kernel version requirement. First,
-  the Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL) test suite will segfault if the
-  host's kernel has not been compiled with GCC-3.0 or a later version. Second,
-  the 2.6.2 or later version of the kernel is required for the use of Udev.
-  Udev creates devices dynamically by reading from the <systemitem
-  class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> file system. However, support for this
-  filesystem has only recently been implemented in most of the kernel drivers.
-  We must be sure that all critical system devices get created properly.</para>
+  <para>The reason for the kernel version requirement is that TLS support in
+  Binutils don't be built and the Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL)
+  test suite will segfault if the host's kernel isn't a 2.6 kernel and has
+  not been compiled with GCC-3.0 or a later version.</para>
 
   <para>In order to determine whether the host kernel meets the requirements
   outlined above, run the following command:</para>
@@ -90,11 +89,11 @@
     Tue Apr 20 21:22:18 GMT 2004</computeroutput></screen>
 
   <para>If the results of the above command do not state that the host kernel
-  is either 2.6.2 (or later), or that it was not compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or
+  is either 2.6.x, or that it was not compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or
   later) compiler, one will need to be installed. There are two methods you
-  can take to solve this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6.2 (or
-  later) kernel package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor
-  doesn't offer a 2.6.2 (or later) kernel package, or you would prefer not to
+  can take to solve this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6
+  kernel package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor
+  doesn't offer a 2.6 kernel package, or you would prefer not to
   install it, then you can compile a 2.6 kernel yourself. Instructions for
   compiling the kernel and configuring the boot loader (assuming the host
   uses GRUB) are located in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para>