From 9ee226e24a165053aab1a93642de4162800fef04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 02:49:21 +0000
Subject: Grammer and wording changes in the Preface

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 prologue/hostreqs.xml | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

(limited to 'prologue/hostreqs.xml')

diff --git a/prologue/hostreqs.xml b/prologue/hostreqs.xml
index f8bf7cefd..d9eae3c54 100644
--- a/prologue/hostreqs.xml
+++ b/prologue/hostreqs.xml
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
-      <!-- Gcc-2.95.3 breaks feature tests when using CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/"
-           in the *-pass1 sections -->
       <para><emphasis role="strong">Gcc-3.0.1</emphasis> (Versions
       greater than &gcc-version; are not recommended as they have not
       been tested)</para>
@@ -81,24 +79,27 @@
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
-      <para><emphasis role="strong">Linux Kernel-2.6.x</emphasis>
+      <para><emphasis role="strong">Linux Kernel-2.6.18</emphasis>
       (having been compiled with GCC-3.0 or greater)</para>
 
-      <para>The reason for the kernel version requirement is that thread-local
+      <para>The reason for the kernel version requirement is that we specify
+      that version when building <application>glibc</application> in Chapter 6
+      at the recommendation of the developers.  This can be overridden if
+      desired but at least a 2.6.0 kerenl is required because thread-local
       storage support in Binutils will not be built and the Native POSIX
       Threading Library (NPTL) test suite will segfault if the host's kernel
       isn't at least a 2.6.x version compiled with a 3.0 or later release of
       GCC.</para>
 
-      <para>If the host kernel is either earlier than 2.6.x, or it was not
-      compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or later) compiler, you will have to replace
-      the kernel with one adhering to the specifications. There are two
-ways you can go about this.First, see if your Linux vendor provides a
-      2.6 kernel package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor
-      doesn't offer a 2.6 kernel package, or you would prefer not to install it,
-      you can compile a 2.6 kernel yourself. Instructions for compiling the
-      kernel and configuring the boot loader (assuming the host uses GRUB) are
-      located in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para>
+      <para>If the host kernel is either earlier than 2.6.18, or it was not
+      compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or later) compiler, you will need to replace
+      the kernel with one adhering to the specifications. There are two ways
+      you can go about this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6.18
+      or later kernel package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your
+      vendor doesn't offer an acceptable kernel package, or you would prefer not to
+      install it, you can compile a kernel yourself. Instructions for
+      compiling the kernel and configuring the boot loader (assuming the host
+      uses GRUB) are located in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para>
 
       <note>
         <para>This version of the book builds a 32-bit Linux system and
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