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diff --git a/chapter05/hostreqs.xml b/chapter05/hostreqs.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 310d450d1..000000000 --- a/chapter05/hostreqs.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ - <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> - %general-entities; -]> -<sect1 id="ch-tools-hostreqs"> -<title>Host System Requirements</title> -<?dbhtml filename="hostreqs.html"?> - -<para>The host must be running at least a 2.6.2 kernel compiled with -GCC-3.0 or higher. There are two main reasons for this high -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. 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. 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>In order to determine whether the host kernel meets the -requirements outlined above, run the following command:</para> - -<screen><userinput>cat /proc/version</userinput></screen> - -<para>This will produce output similar to:</para> - -<screen><computeroutput>Linux version 2.6.2 (user@host) (gcc version 3.4.0) #1 - Tue Apr 20 21:22:18 GMT 2004</computeroutput></screen> - -<para>If the results of the above command state that the host kernel -was not compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or later) compiler, one will need to -be compiled. The host system will then need to be rebooted to use the -newly compiled kernel. Instructions for compiling the kernel and -configuring the boot loader (assuming the host uses GRUB) are located -in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para> - -</sect1> - |