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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/hostreqs.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | general.ent | 4 |
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 7937da4c0..b81fa9d88 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para> </itemizedlist> </listitem> +<listitem><para>June 17, 2004 [matt]: Clarify that a gcc-3.x based compiled +2.6.x kernel is required on the host.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>June 16, 2004 [winkie]: Use <command>chmod</command> to fix the permissions of various executable scripts when doing inline stream editing. </para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter05/hostreqs.xml b/chapter05/hostreqs.xml index cf90d3e9a..8e1280bb7 100644 --- a/chapter05/hostreqs.xml +++ b/chapter05/hostreqs.xml @@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ <?dbhtml filename="hostreqs.html"?> <para>Due to the experimental nature of the current book, the host must be -running at <emphasis>least</emphasis> a 2.6.2 kernel. The reasons for this high -requirement is the use of NPTL, but more importantly the use of udev. Udev -creates devices dynamically by reading from the <systemitem class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> file system. Only very +running at <emphasis>least</emphasis> a 2.6.2 kernel compiled with gcc-3.0 or +higher. There are two main reasons for the high requirement. Firstly, we make +use of the Native Posix Threading Library (NPTL) whose testsuite will segfault +if the host's kernel hasn't been compiled with gcc-3.0 or later. Secondly, 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. Only very recently has support for this file system been implemented in most of the kernel drivers, however. We must be sure that all the critical system devices get created properly.</para> diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent index 80d97f24b..282a345e3 100644 --- a/general.ent +++ b/general.ent @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!ENTITY version "CVS-20040616"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "June 16, 2004"> +<!ENTITY version "CVS-20040617"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "June 17, 2004"> <!ENTITY milestone "6.0"> <!ENTITY lfs-root "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/"> |