Author: bdubbs
Date: 2008-10-27 00:33:21 -0600 (Mon, 27 Oct 2008)
New Revision: 8708
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter05/linux-headers.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter06/linux-headers.xml
Log:
Added a brief explanation of the Linux API Headers instructions.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2008-10-27 05:52:46 UTC (rev 8707)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2008-10-27 06:33:21 UTC (rev 8708)
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
<para>2008-10-27</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Added a brief explanation of the Linux API Headers
+ instructions.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[bdubbs] - Added i386, linux32, and linux64 as symbolic
links to setarch in util-linux contents.</para>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter05/linux-headers.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter05/linux-headers.xml 2008-10-27 05:52:46 UTC (rev
8707)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter05/linux-headers.xml 2008-10-27 06:33:21 UTC (rev
8708)
@@ -44,14 +44,21 @@
<title>Installation of Linux API Headers</title>
<para>The Linux kernel needs to expose an Application Programming Interface
- (API) for the system's C library (Glibc in LFS) to utilize. This is done
+ (API) for the system's C library (Glibc in LFS) to use. This is done
by way of sanitizing various C header files that are shipped in the Linux
kernel source tarball.</para>
- <para>Install the header files:</para>
+ <para>First, make sure there are no stale files and dependencies lying
around
+ from previous activity:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make mrproper
-make headers_check
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make mrproper</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Now test and extract the user-visible kernel headers from the source.
+ They are placed in an intermediate local directory and copied to the needed
+ location because the extraction process removes any existing files in
+ the target directory.</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make headers_check
make INSTALL_HDR_PATH=dest headers_install
cp -rv dest/include/* /tools/include</userinput></screen>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/linux-headers.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/linux-headers.xml 2008-10-27 05:52:46 UTC (rev
8707)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/linux-headers.xml 2008-10-27 06:33:21 UTC (rev
8708)
@@ -42,14 +42,21 @@
<title>Installation of Linux API Headers</title>
<para>The Linux kernel needs to expose an Application Programming Interface
- (API) for the system's C library (Glibc in LFS) to utilize. This is done
+ (API) for the system's C library (Glibc in LFS) to use. This is done
by way of sanitizing various C header files that are shipped in the Linux
kernel source tarball.</para>
- <para>Install the header files:</para>
+ <para>First, make sure there are no stale files and dependencies lying
around
+ from previous activity:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make mrproper
-make headers_check
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make mrproper</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Now test and extract the user-visible kernel headers from the source.
+ They are placed in an intermediate local directory and copied to the needed
+ location because the extraction process removes any existing files in
+ the target directory.</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make headers_check
make INSTALL_HDR_PATH=dest headers_install
cp -rv dest/include/* /usr/include</userinput></screen>
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