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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2008-10-20 05:04:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2008-10-20 05:04:25 +0000 |
| commit | 56ca3a5fa6d90620109743267d8aeb91ac7851f7 (patch) | |
| tree | 5d47ef00ff2844434147b3548af816831bc30d2f /prologue | |
| parent | c9af9c626f5d5e6030c204bdc6bcee6bf1082b15 (diff) | |
Added a note to the Host System Requirements that the
Linux host must be a 32-bit system and that the book only supports
a 32-bit build.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8683 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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| -rw-r--r-- | prologue/hostreqs.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/prologue/hostreqs.xml b/prologue/hostreqs.xml index 281956c41..d90dd420f 100644 --- a/prologue/hostreqs.xml +++ b/prologue/hostreqs.xml @@ -99,6 +99,17 @@ 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> + + <note> + <para>This version of the book builds a 32-bit Linux system and + requires an existing 32-bit version of of the kernel on the Intel/AMD + x86 architecture. Adding capabilty for x86_64 systems is a major + objective of a future version of LFS. Support for 64-bit systems and + additional architectures can be found in the Cross-Compiled Linux From + Scratch (CLFS) project at <ulink url="http://cross-lfs.org/view/svn/"/>. + </para> + </note> + </listitem> <listitem> |