From d1ebcc827ea8e54ee39e5c4750bef27bfd00c8bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Archaic Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:27:02 +0000 Subject: Moved the host requirements page to the preface section of the book. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6218 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- prologue/hostreqs.xml | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ prologue/preface.xml | 1 + 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+) create mode 100644 prologue/hostreqs.xml (limited to 'prologue') diff --git a/prologue/hostreqs.xml b/prologue/hostreqs.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..16ac03da9 --- /dev/null +++ b/prologue/hostreqs.xml @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ + + + %general-entities; +]> + +Host System Requirements + + +The host must be running at least a 2.6.2 kernel compiled with GCC-3.0 or +higher. There are two main reasons for this requirement. First, the Native POSIX +Threading Library (NPTL) test suite will segfault if the host's kernel has not +been compiled with GCC-3.0 or a later version. Secondly, the 2.6.2 or later +version of the kernel is required for the use of Udev. Udev creates devices +dynamically by reading from the sysfs file system. However, support for this +filesystem has only recently been implemented in most of the kernel drivers. We +must be sure that all critical system devices get created properly. + +In order to determine whether the host kernel meets the +requirements outlined above, run the following command: + +cat /proc/version + +This will produce output similar to: + +Linux version 2.6.2 (user@host) (gcc version 3.4.0) #1 + Tue Apr 20 21:22:18 GMT 2004 + +If the results of the above command do not state that the host kernel is +either 2.6.2 (or later), or that it was not compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or later) +compiler, one will need to be installed. There are two methods you can take to +solve this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6.2 (or later) kernel +package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor doesn't offer a 2.6.2 +(or later) kernel package, or you would prefer not to install it, then 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 . This second option can also been seen as a gauge +of your current Linux skills. If this second requirement is too steep then the +LFS book will not likely be much use to you at this time. + + + diff --git a/prologue/preface.xml b/prologue/preface.xml index 79659f1d2..d2767c5d2 100644 --- a/prologue/preface.xml +++ b/prologue/preface.xml @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf