From d2f9350a2254cfc3a32c906fc6152ea51fbbc4cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manuel Canales Esparcia Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:06:51 +0000 Subject: Reworded the kernel page as per bug 1569 comments. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6044 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter08/kernel.xml | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter08') diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml index 7eee87130..1c9bbaf0b 100644 --- a/chapter08/kernel.xml +++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ compile the keymap into the kernel, issue the command below: Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface. BLFS has some information regarding particular kernel configuration requirements of -packages outside of LFS at : make menuconfig @@ -178,7 +178,13 @@ all files are owned by user root. source directory. This is specific to kernels prior to the 2.6 series and must not be created on an LFS system as it can cause problems for packages you may wish to build once your base LFS system is -complete. +complete. + +Also, the headers in the system's +include directory should +always be the ones against which Glibc was compiled, +that is, the ones from the Linux-Libc-Headers package, and therefore, should +never be replaced by the kernel headers. @@ -187,47 +193,42 @@ complete. Installed files -kernel, kernel headers, -and System.map +config-&linux-version;, lfskernel-&linux-version;, +and System.map-&linux-version; Short Descriptions - -kernel + +config-&linux-version; + +Contains all the configuration selections for the kernel +/boot/config-&linux-version; + + + + +lfskernel-&linux-version; The engine of the Linux system. When turning on the computer, the kernel is the first part of the operating system that gets loaded. It detects and initializes all components of the computer's hardware, then makes these components available as a tree of files to the software and turns a single CPU into a multitasking machine capable -of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time. -kernel - - - - -kernel headers - -Defines the interface to the services that the kernel provides. -The headers in the system's include directory should -always be the ones against which Glibc was -compiled and therefore, should not be replaced -when upgrading the kernel. -kernel headers +of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time +lfskernel -System.map +System.map-&linux-version; A list of addresses and symbols; it maps the entry points and addresses of all the functions and data structures in the kernel -/boot/System.map +/boot/System.map-&linux-version; @@ -235,4 +236,3 @@ kernel - -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf