From 89d204ea76f9105b3539bf58c36e598266661fb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Burgess Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 20:11:58 +0000 Subject: Improved wording of keymap related paragraphs (bug 741) git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3818 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter08/kernel.xml | 24 +++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter08') diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml index 27e58abff..099eb4254 100644 --- a/chapter08/kernel.xml +++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml @@ -43,16 +43,26 @@ recommends that this command be issued prior to each kernel compilation. You shouldn't rely on the source tree being clean after un-tarring. -Also, assure that the kernel does not attempt to pass hotplugging events +Also, ensure that the kernel does not attempt to pass hotplugging events to userspace until userspace specifies that it is ready: sed -i 's@/sbin/hotplug@/bin/true@' kernel/kmod.c +If, in , you decided you want +to compile the keymap into the kernel, issue the command below: + +loadkeys -m +/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/[path to keymap] > \ + [unpacked sources dir]/linux-&linux-version;/drivers/char/defkeymap.c + +For example, if you have a Dutch keyboard, you would use +/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/nl.map.gz. + Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface: make menuconfig -make oldconfig may be more appropriate in some +make oldconfig may be more appropriate in some situations. See the README file for more information. @@ -69,8 +79,8 @@ scratch. the File systems menu and is normally enabled by default. LFS bootscripts make the assumption that you either compile -both Support for Host-side USB and -USB device filesystem directly into the kernel, or don't compile them at +both "Support for Host-side USB" and +"USB device filesystem" directly into the kernel, or don't compile them at all. Bootscripts will not work properly if it is a module (usbcore.ko). NPTL requires the kernel to be compiled with GCC 3.x, in this case @@ -120,7 +130,7 @@ isn't worth the trouble, but if you're really pressed for space, then have a loo . Kernel compilation has finished but more steps are required to complete -the installation. Some files need to be copied to the /boot +the installation. Some files need to be copied to the /boot directory. The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform you're @@ -154,7 +164,7 @@ person would have write access to the kernel source. If you are going to keep the kernel source tree around, you may want to run chown -R 0:0 on the -linux-&linux-version; directory to ensure all files are +linux-&linux-version; directory to ensure all files are owned by user root. @@ -189,7 +199,7 @@ of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time. kernel headers define the interface to the services that the kernel provides. The headers in your system's -include directory should always be +include directory should always be the ones against which Glibc was compiled and should therefore not be replaced when upgrading the kernel. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf