Author: bdubbs
Date: 2008-10-19 23:04:25 -0600 (Sun, 19 Oct 2008)
New Revision: 8683
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/prologue/hostreqs.xml
Log:
Added a note to the Host System Requirements that the
Linux host must be a 32-bit system and that the book only supports
a 32-bit build.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2008-10-20 04:30:43 UTC (rev 8682)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2008-10-20 05:04:25 UTC (rev 8683)
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
<para>2008-10-19</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Added a note to the Host System Requirements that
the
+ Linux host must be a 32-bit system and that the book only supports
+ a 32-bit build.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[randy] - Updated the book to use 4.13a as the Texinfo version,
even though the tarball is exactly the same as the previous 4.13
version.</para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/prologue/hostreqs.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/prologue/hostreqs.xml 2008-10-20 04:30:43 UTC (rev 8682)
+++ trunk/BOOK/prologue/hostreqs.xml 2008-10-20 05:04:25 UTC (rev 8683)
@@ -99,6 +99,17 @@
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 <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>This version of the book builds a 32-bit Linux system and
+ requires an existing 32-bit version of of the kernel on the Intel/AMD
+ x86 architecture. Adding capabilty for x86_64 systems is a major
+ objective of a future version of LFS. Support for 64-bit systems and
+ additional architectures can be found in the Cross-Compiled Linux From
+ Scratch (CLFS) project at <ulink
url="http://cross-lfs.org/view/svn/"/>.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
</listitem>
<listitem>
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