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diff --git a/chapter05/hostreqs.xml b/chapter05/hostreqs.xml index fb34e8db7..119d796a3 100644 --- a/chapter05/hostreqs.xml +++ b/chapter05/hostreqs.xml @@ -7,31 +7,6 @@ <title>Host system requirements</title> <?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 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> - -<para>In order to check that your host kernel meets the requirements outlined -above, you can run the following command:</para> - -<screen><userinput>cat /proc/version</userinput></screen> - -<para>This will produce output similar to:</para> - -<blockquote><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></blockquote> - -<para>If the results of the above command state that your host kernel wasn't -compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or later) compiler, you will need to compile one -yourself, and reboot your host to use the newly compiled kernel. Instructions -for compiling the kernel and configuring the bootloader (assuming your host uses -GRUB) are given in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para> +<para>See testing.</para> </sect1> |