From 978d0bffc413b67ead9db2d2816b916cf3d502ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 22:29:16 +0000
Subject: Changing the style of the command descriptions in appendix A.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2879 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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 appendixa/kernel-desc.xml | 31 ++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

(limited to 'appendixa/kernel-desc.xml')

diff --git a/appendixa/kernel-desc.xml b/appendixa/kernel-desc.xml
index 86857e757..da763659c 100644
--- a/appendixa/kernel-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/kernel-desc.xml
@@ -4,23 +4,20 @@
 
 <para>(Last checked against version &kernel-contversion;.)</para>
 
-<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
-
-<sect4><title>linux kernel</title>
-<para>The Linux kernel is at the core of every Linux system. It's what makes
-Linux tick. When a computer is turned on and boots a Linux system, the
-very first piece of Linux software that gets loaded is the kernel. The
-kernel initializes the system's hardware components: serial ports, parallel
-ports, sound cards, network cards, IDE controllers, SCSI controllers and a
-lot more. In a nutshell the kernel makes the hardware available so that the
-software can run.</para></sect4>
-
-<sect4><title>linux kernel headers</title>
-<para>These are the files we copy to
-<filename>/usr/include/{linux,asm}</filename> in Chapter 6. They should
-match those which glibc was compiled against and therefore should
-<emphasis>not</emphasis> be replaced when upgrading the kernel. They are
-essential for compiling many programs.</para></sect4>
+<sect3><title>File descriptions</title>
+
+<para>The <emphasis>kernel</emphasis> is the engine of your GNU/Linux system.
+When switching on your box, the kernel is the first part of your operating
+system that gets loaded. It detects and initializes all the components of your
+computer's hardware, then makes these components available as a tree of files
+to the software, and turns a single CPU into a multi-tasking machine capable
+of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time.</para>
+                                                            
+<para>The <emphasis>kernel headers</emphasis> define the interface to the
+services that the kernel provides. The headers in your system's
+<filename>include</filename> directory should <emphasis>always</emphasis> be
+the ones against which Glibc was compiled and should therefore
+<emphasis>not</emphasis> be replaced when upgrading the kernel.</para>
 
 </sect3>
 
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