aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/chapter08/kernel.xml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter08/kernel.xml')
-rw-r--r--chapter08/kernel.xml11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index 00309b469..c556c2557 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@
information about configuring and building the kernel can be found at
<ulink url="http://www.kroah.com/lkn/"/> </para>
- <note><para>Due to recent changes in <application>udev</application>, be sure to
+ <note><para>A good starting place for setting up the kernel configuration
+ is to run <command>make defconfig</command>. This will set the base
+ configuration to a good state that takes your current system architecture
+ into account.</para>
+
+ <para>Due to recent changes in <application>udev</application>, be sure to
select:</para>
<screen role="nodump">Device Drivers ---&gt;
@@ -231,7 +236,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
<seglistitem>
<seg>config-&linux-version;,
- vmlinux-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;-&linux-version;, and
+ vmlinuz-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;, and
System.map-&linux-version;</seg>
<seg>/lib/modules, /usr/share/doc/linux-&linux-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
@@ -253,7 +258,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="lfskernel">
- <term><filename>vmlinux-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;</filename></term>
+ <term><filename>vmlinuz-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>The engine of the Linux system. When turning on the computer,
the kernel is the first part of the operating system that gets loaded.