Few mismatches around kernel name in chapter 8 of LFS-BOOK-6.6.pdf

[A.S]

Few mismatches around kernel name in chapter 8 of LFS-BOOK-6.6.pdf

Mismatch N1 in sections "8.3.3. Contents of Linux"

Original line (mismatch form): "Installed files: config-2.6.32.8, lfskernel-2.6.32.8, and System.map-2.6.32.8"

should be changed to the correct form: "Installed files: config-2.6.32.8, vmlinux-2.6.32.8-lfs-6.6, and System.map-2.6.32.8"

because:

• section "8.3.1. Installation of the kernel" say:

The filename below can be changed to suit your taste, but the stem of the filename should be vmlinux to be compatible with the automatic setup of the boot process described in the next section. The following command assumes an x86 architecture: cp -v arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinux-2.6.32.8-lfs-6.6

• original line (mismatch form in 8.3.3.) followed by "Short Descriptions", where is vmlinux-2.6.32.8-lfs-6.6 (but

not a lfskernel-2.6.32.8) descripted.

Mismatch N2

In section "8.4.2. Setting Up the Configuration" for contents of /boot/grub/grub.cfg wrongly printed menuentries "GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30.2-lfs65"* from previous version of LFS, mismatching to /boot/vmlinux-2.6.32.8-lfs-6.6 in the same print and to the actions of above sections of LFS6.6. (Possible reason of mistake somwhere near error inside xml-version error (see ​http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/browser/trunk/BOOK/chapter08/grub.xml), where hardcoded "Linux 2.6.30.2-lfs65", instead it should be something like ""Linux &linux-&version" as it already done there for "linux /boot/vmlinux-&linux-version;-lfs-&version; root=/dev/sda2 ro single")

P.S. Btw, may be vmlinuz-2.6.32.8-lfs-6.6 instead of vmlinux-2.6.32.8-lfs-6.6 will be more closer to some linux naming traditions, if "cp -v arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinux-2.6.32.8-lfs-6.6" command involved?

i.e. if "bzImage" means "big ZIPed (compressed) Image", then 'z' in vmliuz will illustrate it, especialy according to the some purposes of LFS ("learning experience" and "power that information and knowledge truly bring" (see the Audience section of book ;))

[bdubbs@…]

We won't go back and fix 6.6 now that 6.7-rc1 has been released, especially for minor text inconsistencies.

Check if the changes you suggest are in the latest svn book. I did fix the lfskernel->vmlinux issue.

Leaving open for now.

[A.S]

Replying to bdubbs@…:

Check if the changes you suggest are in the latest svn book. I did fix the lfskernel->vmlinux issue.

Current ticket progress: 1/3 of suggestions aplied by changes in latest SVN-20100906: "Mismatch N1" closed (fixed).

Remained to fix: "Mismatch N2". In first approximations, it's easy to fix with &linux-&version instead of current plain text (instead hardcoded).

Remained to discuss and, as result, to add (to the book) changes and/or educational explanation: renaming compiled kernel image to vmlinux-* (but not to vmlinuz-*) - is it a mismatch or it's a conceptual selection of LFS editors, those rejecting vmlinuz?

[bdubbs@…]

Fixed at revision 9376. Leaving kernel filename alone because there is no real significance to the naming convention and 'linux' is pretty clear.