Author: manuel Date: 2005-06-17 12:06:51 -0600 (Fri, 17 Jun 2005) New Revision: 6044
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml Log: Reworded the kernel page as per bug 1569 comments. Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml 2005-06-17 17:14:06 UTC (rev 6043) +++ trunk/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml 2005-06-17 18:06:51 UTC (rev 6044) @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ <para>Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface. BLFS has some information regarding particular kernel configuration requirements of -packages outside of LFS at <ulink +packages outside of LFS at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/longindex.html#kernel-config-index"/>:</para> <screen><userinput>make menuconfig</userinput></screen> @@ -178,8 +178,14 @@ source directory. This is specific to kernels prior to the 2.6 series and <emphasis>must not</emphasis> 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.</para></warning> +complete.</para> +<para>Also, the headers in the system's +<filename class="directory">include</filename> directory should +<emphasis>always</emphasis> be the ones against which Glibc was compiled, +that is, the ones from the Linux-Libc-Headers package, and therefore, should +<emphasis>never</emphasis> be replaced by the kernel headers.</para></warning> + </sect2> @@ -187,47 +193,42 @@ <segmentedlist> <segtitle>Installed files</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>kernel, kernel headers, -and System.map</seg></seglistitem> +<seglistitem><seg>config-&linux-version;, lfskernel-&linux-version;, +and System.map-&linux-version;</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> -<varlistentry id="kernel"> -<term><filename>kernel</filename></term> +<varlistentry id="config"> +<term><filename>config-&linux-version;</filename></term> <listitem> +<para>Contains all the configuration selections for the kernel</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel config"><primary sortas="e-/boot/config">/boot/config-&linux-version;</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="lfskernel"> +<term><filename>lfskernel-&linux-version;</filename></term> +<listitem> <para>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.</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel kernel"><primary sortas="b-kernel">kernel</primary></indexterm> +of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel lfskernel"><primary sortas="b-lfskernel">lfskernel</primary></indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> -<varlistentry id="kernel-headers"> -<term><filename>kernel headers</filename></term> -<listitem> -<para>Defines the interface to the services that the kernel provides. -The headers in the system's <filename -class="directory">include</filename> directory should -<emphasis>always</emphasis> be the ones against which Glibc was -compiled and therefore, should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be replaced -when upgrading the kernel.</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel kernel-headers"><primary sortas="e-kernel-headers">kernel headers</primary></indexterm> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - <varlistentry id="System.map"> -<term><filename>System.map</filename></term> +<term><filename>System.map-&linux-version;</filename></term> <listitem> <para>A list of addresses and symbols; it maps the entry points and addresses of all the functions and data structures in the kernel</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel System.map"><primary sortas="e-/boot/System.map">/boot/System.map</primary></indexterm> +<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel System.map"><primary sortas="e-/boot/System.map">/boot/System.map-&linux-version;</primary></indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> @@ -235,4 +236,3 @@ </sect2> </sect1> - -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
