1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
|
---|
2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
|
---|
3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
|
---|
4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
|
---|
5 | %general-entities;
|
---|
6 | ]>
|
---|
7 |
|
---|
8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-linux-headers" role="wrap">
|
---|
9 | <?dbhtml filename="linux-headers.html"?>
|
---|
10 |
|
---|
11 | <title>Linux-&linux-version; API Headers</title>
|
---|
12 |
|
---|
13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers">
|
---|
14 | <primary sortas="a-Linux">Linux</primary>
|
---|
15 | <secondary>API headers</secondary>
|
---|
16 | </indexterm>
|
---|
17 |
|
---|
18 | <sect2 role="package">
|
---|
19 | <title/>
|
---|
20 |
|
---|
21 | <para>The Linux API Headers expose the kernel's API for use by Glibc.</para>
|
---|
22 |
|
---|
23 | <segmentedlist>
|
---|
24 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
|
---|
25 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
|
---|
26 |
|
---|
27 | <seglistitem>
|
---|
28 | <seg>&linux-headers-ch6-sbu;</seg>
|
---|
29 | <seg>&linux-headers-ch6-du;</seg>
|
---|
30 | </seglistitem>
|
---|
31 | </segmentedlist>
|
---|
32 |
|
---|
33 | </sect2>
|
---|
34 |
|
---|
35 | <sect2 role="installation">
|
---|
36 | <title>Installation of Linux API Headers</title>
|
---|
37 |
|
---|
38 | <para>The Linux kernel needs to expose an Application Programming Interface
|
---|
39 | (API) for the system's C library (Glibc in LFS) to utilize. This is done
|
---|
40 | by way of sanitizing various C header files that are shipped in the Linux
|
---|
41 | kernel source tarball.</para>
|
---|
42 |
|
---|
43 | <para>Apply a <command>sed</command> subsitution to suppress the
|
---|
44 | installation of header files in <filename
|
---|
45 | class='directory'>/usr/include/scsi</filename>. The versions provided by
|
---|
46 | Glibc will be used instead:</para>
|
---|
47 |
|
---|
48 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/scsi/d' include/Kbuild</userinput></screen>
|
---|
49 |
|
---|
50 | <para>Install the header files:</para>
|
---|
51 |
|
---|
52 | <screen><userinput>make mrproper
|
---|
53 | make headers_check
|
---|
54 | make INSTALL_HDR_PATH=/usr headers_install</userinput></screen>
|
---|
55 |
|
---|
56 | </sect2>
|
---|
57 |
|
---|
58 | <sect2 id="contents-linux-headers" role="content">
|
---|
59 | <title>Contents of Linux API Headers</title>
|
---|
60 |
|
---|
61 | <segmentedlist>
|
---|
62 | <segtitle>Installed headers</segtitle>
|
---|
63 |
|
---|
64 | <seglistitem>
|
---|
65 | <seg>/usr/include/{asm{,-generic},linux,mtd,rdma,sound}/*.h</seg>
|
---|
66 | </seglistitem>
|
---|
67 | </segmentedlist>
|
---|
68 |
|
---|
69 | <variablelist>
|
---|
70 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
---|
71 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
---|
72 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
---|
73 |
|
---|
74 | <varlistentry id="linux-headers">
|
---|
75 | <term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/{asm{,-generic},linux,mtd,rdma,sound}/*.h</filename></term>
|
---|
76 | <listitem>
|
---|
77 | <para>The Linux API headers</para>
|
---|
78 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-headers linux-headers">
|
---|
79 | <!-- No /*.h here to prevent a PDF line overflow -->
|
---|
80 | <primary sortas="e-/usr/include/{asm{,-generic},linux,mtd,rdma,sound}">/usr/include/{asm{,-generic},linux,mtd,rdma,sound}</primary>
|
---|
81 | </indexterm>
|
---|
82 | </listitem>
|
---|
83 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
84 |
|
---|
85 | </variablelist>
|
---|
86 |
|
---|
87 | </sect2>
|
---|
88 |
|
---|
89 | </sect1>
|
---|