From 3c09bf8ae3ea22524420630bbdc11db12a283e3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timothy Bauscher Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 03:31:13 +0000 Subject: Converted kernel page to new format. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2323 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter08/kernel.xml | 42 ++---------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter08/kernel.xml') diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml index 70d7675a5..f9587ac72 100644 --- a/chapter08/kernel.xml +++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml @@ -5,46 +5,8 @@ Estimated build time: &kernel-time; Estimated required disk space: &kernel-compsize; -Building the kernel involves a few steps: configuring it and compiling -it. There are a few ways to configure the kernel. If you don't like the -way this book does it, read the README that comes -with the kernel source tree, and find out what the other options are. - -Something you could do, is take the .config -file from your host distribution's kernel source tree and copy it to -$LFS/usr/src/linux-&kernel-version;. -This way you don't have to configure the entire kernel from scratch and -can use your current values. If you choose to do this, first run the -make mrproper command below, then copy the -.config file over, then run -make menuconfig followed by the rest of the commands -(make oldconfig may be better in some situations. -See the README file for more details when to use -make oldconfig). - -If you intend to use kernel modules, you will need an -/etc/modules.conf file. Information pertaining -to modules and to kernel configuration in general may be found in the -kernel documentation, which is stored stored in -/usr/src/linux-&kernel-version;/Documentation. The -modules.conf man page and the kernel HOWTO at - may also be of -interest to you. - -The following commands are run to build the kernel: - -make mrproper && -make menuconfig && -make dep && -make bzImage && -make modules && -make modules_install && -cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/lfskernel && -cp System.map /boot - -Note: the arch/i386/boot/bzImage path may vary on -different platforms. - +&aa-kernel-shortdesc; &aa-kernel-dep; +&c8-kernel-inst; -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf