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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/kernel-exp.xml | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/kernel-inst.xml | 5 |
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diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 47cbc05b4..9a97ecace 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -33,16 +33,6 @@ </para></listitem> -<listitem><para>March 16th, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter 05 - Kernel: Shortened -the commands by removing <userinput>make mrproper</userinput>, -<userinput>make config</userinput>, and <userinput>make dep</userinput>. -Instead we just create the missing <filename>version.h</filename> and -<filename class="symlink">asm</filename> symlink and copy the headers to -<filename class="directory">$LFS/usr/include</filename>. We don't need the -kernel tree itself setup until chapter 8 where we would re-run the removed -commands anyways, so it's just a waste of time to do it in chapter -5.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>March 16th, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter 06+Appendix A: Removed the chroot dependencies. It's not a package so it's a bit out of place.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter05/kernel-exp.xml b/chapter05/kernel-exp.xml index b7e29a79f..497b454c0 100644 --- a/chapter05/kernel-exp.xml +++ b/chapter05/kernel-exp.xml @@ -1,10 +1,27 @@ <sect2> <title>Command explanations</title> -<para><userinput>make include/linux/version.h</userinput> and -<userinput>make symlinks</userinput>: This creates the -<filename>include/linux/version.h</filename> file and the <filename -class="symlink">include/asm</filename> symlink.</para> +<para><userinput>make mrproper:</userinput> This will ensure that the kernel +tree is absolutely clean. We do this because the kernel team recommend +that this is done prior to <emphasis>each</emphasis> kernel compilation, +and that we shouldn't rely on the source tree being automatically clean +after untarring.</para> + +<para><userinput>yes "" | make config:</userinput> This runs make config and +answers with the default answer to every question the config script asks +the user (it does this by simply doing the equivalent of hitting the +Enter key, thus accepting the default Y and N answers to the questions). +We're not configuring the real kernel here, we just need to have some sort +of configure file created so that we can run make dep next that will +create a few header files in <filename>include/linux</filename>, like +version.h, among others, that we will need to compile Glibc and other +packages later in chroot.</para> + +<para><userinput>make dep:</userinput> make dep checks dependencies and sets +up the dependencies file. We don't really care about the dependency +checks, but what we do care about is that make dep creates those +aforementioned files in <filename>include/linux</filename> we will be +needing later on.</para> <para><userinput>mkdir $LFS/usr/include/asm</userinput> and <userinput>cp include/asm/* $LFS/usr/include/asm</userinput>: diff --git a/chapter05/kernel-inst.xml b/chapter05/kernel-inst.xml index db6e0d042..9cd6d99d1 100644 --- a/chapter05/kernel-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/kernel-inst.xml @@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ compile the packages that need the kernel.</para> <para>The kernel configuration file is created by running the following command:</para> -<para><screen><userinput>make include/linux/version.h && -make symlinks && +<para><screen><userinput>make mrproper && +yes "" | make config && +make dep && mkdir $LFS/usr/include/asm && cp include/asm/* $LFS/usr/include/asm && cp -R include/linux $LFS/usr/include</userinput></screen></para> |