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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-bootable-kernel" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="kernel.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <title>Linux-&linux-version;</title>
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12 |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel">
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Linux">Linux</primary>
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15 | </indexterm>
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16 |
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17 | <sect2 role="package">
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18 | <title/>
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19 |
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20 | <para>The Linux package contains the Linux kernel.</para>
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21 |
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22 | <segmentedlist>
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23 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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24 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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25 |
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26 | <seglistitem>
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27 | <seg>&linux-ch8-sbu;</seg>
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28 | <seg>&linux-ch8-du;</seg>
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29 | </seglistitem>
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30 | </segmentedlist>
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31 |
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32 | </sect2>
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33 |
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34 | <sect2 role="installation">
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35 | <title>Installation of the kernel</title>
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36 |
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37 | <para>Building the kernel involves a few steps—configuration,
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38 | compilation, and installation. Read the <filename>README</filename> file
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39 | in the kernel source tree for alternative methods to the way this book
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40 | configures the kernel.</para>
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41 |
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42 | <para>By default, the Linux kernel generates wrong sequences of bytes when
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43 | dead keys are used in UTF-8 keyboard mode. Also, one cannot copy and paste
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44 | non-ASCII characters when UTF-8 mode is active. Fix these issues with the
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45 | patch:</para>
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46 |
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47 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&linux-utf8-patch;</userinput></screen>
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48 |
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49 | <para>Prepare for compilation by running the following command:</para>
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50 |
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51 | <screen><userinput>make mrproper</userinput></screen>
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52 |
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53 | <para>This ensures that the kernel tree is absolutely clean. The
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54 | kernel team recommends that this command be issued prior to each
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55 | kernel compilation. Do not rely on the source tree being clean after
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56 | un-tarring.</para>
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57 |
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58 | <!-- Support for compiling a keymap into the kernel is deliberately removed -->
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59 |
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60 | <para>Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface. BLFS has some
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61 | information regarding particular kernel configuration requirements of
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62 | packages outside of LFS at <ulink
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63 | url="&blfs-root;view/svn/longindex.html#kernel-config-index"/>:</para>
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64 |
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65 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>make menuconfig</userinput></screen>
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66 |
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67 | <para>Alternatively, <command>make oldconfig</command> may be more
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68 | appropriate in some situations. See the <filename>README</filename>
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69 | file for more information.</para>
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70 |
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71 | <para>If desired, skip kernel configuration by copying the kernel
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72 | config file, <filename>.config</filename>, from the host system
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73 | (assuming it is available) to the unpacked <filename
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74 | class="directory">linux-&linux-version;</filename> directory. However,
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75 | we do not recommend this option. It is often better to explore all the
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76 | configuration menus and create the kernel configuration from
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77 | scratch.</para>
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78 |
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79 | <para>Compile the kernel image and modules:</para>
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80 |
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81 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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82 |
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83 | <para>If using kernel modules, an <filename>/etc/modprobe.conf</filename>
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84 | file may be needed. Information pertaining to modules and kernel
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85 | configuration is located in <xref linkend="ch-scripts-udev"/> and in the
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86 | kernel documentation in the <filename
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87 | class="directory">linux-&linux-version;/Documentation</filename> directory.
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88 | Also, <filename>modprobe.conf(5)</filename> may be of interest.</para>
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89 |
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90 | <para>Install the modules, if the kernel configuration uses them:</para>
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91 |
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92 | <screen><userinput>make modules_install</userinput></screen>
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93 |
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94 | <para>After kernel compilation is complete, additional steps are
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95 | required to complete the installation. Some files need to be copied to
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96 | the <filename class="directory">/boot</filename> directory.</para>
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97 |
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98 | <para>The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform
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99 | being used. The following command assumes an x86 architecture:</para>
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100 |
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101 | <screen><userinput>cp -v arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/lfskernel-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
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102 |
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103 | <para><filename>System.map</filename> is a symbol file for the kernel.
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104 | It maps the function entry points of every function in the kernel API,
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105 | as well as the addresses of the kernel data structures for the running
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106 | kernel. Issue the following command to install the map file:</para>
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107 |
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108 | <screen><userinput>cp -v System.map /boot/System.map-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
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109 |
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110 | <para>The kernel configuration file <filename>.config</filename>
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111 | produced by the <command>make menuconfig</command> step
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112 | above contains all the configuration selections for the kernel
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113 | that was just compiled. It is a good idea to keep this file for future
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114 | reference:</para>
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115 |
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116 | <screen><userinput>cp -v .config /boot/config-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
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117 |
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118 | <para>Install the documentation for the Linux kernel:</para>
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119 |
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120 | <screen>install -d /usr/share/doc/linux-&linux-version; &&
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121 | cp -r Documentation/* /usr/share/doc/linux-&linux-version;</screen>
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122 |
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123 | <para>It is important to note that the files in the kernel source
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124 | directory are not owned by <emphasis>root</emphasis>. Whenever a
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125 | package is unpacked as user <emphasis>root</emphasis> (like we did
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126 | inside chroot), the files have the user and group IDs of whatever
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127 | they were on the packager's computer. This is usually not a problem
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128 | for any other package to be installed because the source tree is
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129 | removed after the installation. However, the Linux source tree is
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130 | often retained for a long time. Because of this, there is a chance
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131 | that whatever user ID the packager used will be assigned to somebody
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132 | on the machine. That person would then have write access to the kernel
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133 | source.</para>
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134 |
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135 | <para>If the kernel source tree is going to be retained, run
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136 | <command>chown -R 0:0</command> on the <filename
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137 | class="directory">linux-&linux-version;</filename> directory to ensure
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138 | all files are owned by user <emphasis>root</emphasis>.</para>
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139 |
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140 | <warning>
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141 | <para>Some kernel documentation recommends creating a symlink from
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142 | <filename class="symlink">/usr/src/linux</filename> pointing to the kernel
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143 | source directory. This is specific to kernels prior to the 2.6 series and
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144 | <emphasis>must not</emphasis> be created on an LFS system as it can cause
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145 | problems for packages you may wish to build once your base LFS system is
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146 | complete.</para>
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147 |
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148 | <para>Also, the headers in the system's
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149 | <filename class="directory">include</filename> directory should
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150 | <emphasis>always</emphasis> be the ones against which Glibc was compiled,
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151 | that is, the ones from the Linux-Libc-Headers package, and therefore, should
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152 | <emphasis>never</emphasis> be replaced by the kernel headers.</para>
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153 | </warning>
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154 |
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155 | </sect2>
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156 |
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157 |
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158 | <sect2 id="contents-kernel" role="content">
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159 | <title>Contents of Linux</title>
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160 |
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161 | <segmentedlist>
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162 | <segtitle>Installed files</segtitle>
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163 |
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164 | <seglistitem>
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165 | <seg>config-&linux-version;, lfskernel-&linux-version;, and
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166 | System.map-&linux-version;</seg>
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167 | </seglistitem>
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168 | </segmentedlist>
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169 |
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170 | <variablelist>
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171 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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172 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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173 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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174 |
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175 | <varlistentry id="config">
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176 | <term><filename>config-&linux-version;</filename></term>
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177 | <listitem>
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178 | <para>Contains all the configuration selections for the kernel</para>
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179 | <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel config">
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180 | <primary sortas="e-/boot/config">/boot/config-&linux-version;</primary>
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181 | </indexterm>
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182 | </listitem>
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183 | </varlistentry>
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184 |
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185 | <varlistentry id="lfskernel">
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186 | <term><filename>lfskernel-&linux-version;</filename></term>
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187 | <listitem>
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188 | <para>The engine of the Linux system. When turning on the computer,
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189 | the kernel is the first part of the operating system that gets loaded.
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190 | It detects and initializes all components of the computer's hardware,
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191 | then makes these components available as a tree of files to the
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192 | software and turns a single CPU into a multitasking machine capable
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193 | of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time</para>
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194 | <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel lfskernel">
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195 | <primary sortas="b-lfskernel">lfskernel-&linux-version;</primary>
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196 | </indexterm>
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197 | </listitem>
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198 | </varlistentry>
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199 |
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200 | <varlistentry id="System.map">
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201 | <term><filename>System.map-&linux-version;</filename></term>
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202 | <listitem>
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203 | <para>A list of addresses and symbols; it maps the entry points and
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204 | addresses of all the functions and data structures in the
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205 | kernel</para>
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206 | <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel System.map">
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207 | <primary sortas="e-/boot/System.map">/boot/System.map-&linux-version;</primary>
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208 | </indexterm>
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209 | </listitem>
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210 | </varlistentry>
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211 |
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212 | </variablelist>
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213 |
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214 | </sect2>
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215 |
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216 | </sect1>
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