From c6cb3aa2f176d65a5ebe77e7da82e20946188a98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manuel Canales Esparcia Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 21:55:01 +0000 Subject: HEAD: Retagged the Contents of ... sections. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3621 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter08/kernel.xml | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter08/kernel.xml') diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml index cdcd55612..749c11770 100644 --- a/chapter08/kernel.xml +++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml @@ -131,37 +131,51 @@ owned by user root. -Contents of Linux +Contents of Linux -Installed files: the kernel, the kernel headers, -and the System.map - - + +Installed files +the kernel, the kernel headers, +and the System.map + -Short descriptions +Short descriptions + +The kernel + kernel -The kernel is the engine of your GNU/Linux system. +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. + + + +The kernel headers + kernel headers -The kernel headers define the interface to the +define the interface to the services that the kernel provides. The headers in your system's include directory should always be the ones against which Glibc was compiled and should therefore not be replaced when upgrading the kernel. + + + +System.map + /boot/System.map -The System.map file is a list of addresses and -symbols. It maps the entry points and addresses of all the functions and data -structures in the kernel. +is a list of addresses and symbols. It maps the entry points and addresses +of all the functions and data structures in the kernel. + + + - - -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf