source: chapter05/linux-headers.xml@ c11bcb7

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<sect1 id="ch-tools-linux-headers" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="linux-headers.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>linux</productname>
    <productnumber>&linux-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&linux-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Linux-&linux-version; API Headers</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-tools-linux-headers">
    <primary sortas="a-Linux">Linux</primary>
    <secondary>tools, API headers</secondary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
    href="../chapter06/linux-headers.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&linux-headers-ch5-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&linux-headers-ch5-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <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
    by way of sanitizing various C header files that are shipped in the Linux
    kernel source tarball.</para>

    <para>Install the header files:</para>

<screen><userinput>make mrproper
make headers_check
make INSTALL_HDR_PATH=dest headers_install
cp -rv dest/include/* /tools/include</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title/>

    <para>Details on this package are located in
    <xref linkend="contents-linux-headers" role="."/></para>

  </sect2>

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