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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[673b0d8] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[b78c747] | 7 |
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[81fd230] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-bootable-kernel" role="wrap">
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[b78c747] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="kernel.html"?>
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| 10 |
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[e747759] | 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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[714599f] | 12 | <productname>kernel</productname>
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[e747759] | 13 | <productnumber>&linux-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&linux-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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[b78c747] | 17 | <title>Linux-&linux-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Linux">Linux</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>The Linux package contains the Linux kernel.</para>
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[673b0d8] | 27 |
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[b78c747] | 28 | <segmentedlist>
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| 29 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 30 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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[6370fa6] | 31 |
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[b78c747] | 32 | <seglistitem>
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[6dfcfecc] | 33 | <seg>&linux-knl-sbu;</seg>
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| 34 | <seg>&linux-knl-du;</seg>
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[b78c747] | 35 | </seglistitem>
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| 36 | </segmentedlist>
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[a001133] | 37 |
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[b78c747] | 38 | </sect2>
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[2081905] | 39 |
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[b78c747] | 40 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 41 | <title>Installation of the kernel</title>
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[81fd230] | 42 |
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[b78c747] | 43 | <para>Building the kernel involves a few steps—configuration,
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| 44 | compilation, and installation. Read the <filename>README</filename> file
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| 45 | in the kernel source tree for alternative methods to the way this book
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| 46 | configures the kernel.</para>
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| 47 |
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[d943399] | 48 | <important>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Building the linux kernel for the first time is one of the most
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| 51 | challenging tasks in LFS. Getting it right depends on the specific
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| 52 | hardware for the target system and your specific needs. There are
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| 53 | almost 12,000 configuration items that are available for the kernel
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| 54 | although only about a third of them are needed for most computers. The
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| 55 | LFS editors recommend that users not familiar with this process follow
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| 56 | the procedures below fairly closely. The objective is to get an
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| 57 | initial system to a point where you can log in at the command line when
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[201aa93] | 58 | you reboot later in <xref linkend="ch-finish-reboot" role='.'/>
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| 59 | At this point optimization and customization is not a goal.
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[d943399] | 60 | </para>
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| 61 |
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <para>
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| 64 | For general information on kernel configuration see <ulink
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| 65 | url="&hints-root;kernel-configuration.txt"/>. Additional information
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| 66 | about configuring and building the kernel can be found at <ulink
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[c6fa691] | 67 | url="&anduin-sources;/kernel-nutshell/"/>.
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| 68 | These references are a bit
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[d943399] | 69 | dated, but still give a reasonable overview of the process.
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| 70 | </para>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <para>
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| 73 | If all else fails, you can ask for help on the <ulink
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[681e11a] | 74 | url="https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/mail.html">lfs-support</ulink>
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| 75 | mailing list. Note that subscribing is required in order for the list
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[d943399] | 76 | to avoid spam.
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| 77 | </para>
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| 78 | </important>
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| 79 |
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[b78c747] | 80 | <para>Prepare for compilation by running the following command:</para>
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[b9e738a] | 81 |
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[0445a3d] | 82 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">make mrproper</userinput></screen>
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[b9e738a] | 83 |
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[b78c747] | 84 | <para>This ensures that the kernel tree is absolutely clean. The
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| 85 | kernel team recommends that this command be issued prior to each
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| 86 | kernel compilation. Do not rely on the source tree being clean after
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| 87 | un-tarring.</para>
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[d72e04a] | 88 |
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[1b1a5e72] | 89 | <para>There are several ways to configure the kernel options. Usually,
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[4e486a2e] | 90 | this is done through a menu-driven interface, for example:</para>
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[1b1a5e72] | 91 |
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| 92 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>make menuconfig</userinput></screen>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <variablelist>
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| 95 | <title>The meaning of optional make environment variables:</title>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <varlistentry>
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| 98 | <term><parameter>LANG=<host_LANG_value> LC_ALL=</parameter></term>
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| 99 | <listitem>
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| 100 | <para>This establishes the locale setting to the one used on the
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| 101 | host. This may be needed for a proper menuconfig ncurses interface
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| 102 | line drawing on a UTF-8 linux text console.</para>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <para>If used, be sure to replace
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| 105 | <replaceable><host_LANG_value></replaceable> by the value of
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| 106 | the <envar>$LANG</envar> variable from your host. You can
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| 107 | alternatively use instead the host's value of <envar>$LC_ALL</envar>
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| 108 | or <envar>$LC_CTYPE</envar>.</para>
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| 109 | </listitem>
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| 110 | </varlistentry>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <varlistentry>
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| 113 | <term><command>make menuconfig</command></term>
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| 114 | <listitem>
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| 115 | <para>This launches an ncurses menu-driven interface. For other
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| 116 | (graphical) interfaces, type <command>make help</command>.</para>
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| 117 | </listitem>
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| 118 | </varlistentry>
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| 119 | </variablelist>
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| 120 |
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[fa21b3d] | 121 | <!-- Support for compiling a keymap into the kernel is deliberately removed -->
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[81fd230] | 122 |
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[d0a9bda4] | 123 |
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[de67916] | 124 | <note>
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[1ebfa8e6] | 125 | <?dbfo keep-together="auto"?>
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[1118b17] | 126 | <para>A good starting place for setting up the kernel configuration is to
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[34f1344] | 127 | run <command>make defconfig</command>. This will set the base
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| 128 | configuration to a good state that takes your current system architecture
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| 129 | into account.</para>
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[de67916] | 130 |
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[25332b5] | 131 | <para>Be sure to enable/disable/set the following features or the system might
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[1118b17] | 132 | not work correctly or boot at all:</para>
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[cba2d4e] | 133 |
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[70bf551] | 134 | <!-- To editors: for updating kernel configuration, edit
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| 135 | kernel/*.toml and regenerate kernel/*.xml with
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| 136 | "make -C kernel KERNEL_TREE=</usr/src/linux-&linux-version> -->
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 139 | href="kernel/sysv.xml"/>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 142 | href="kernel/systemd.xml"/>
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[3864d23] | 143 |
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[83b8644] | 144 | <para>Enable some additional features if you are building a 64-bit
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| 145 | system. If you are using menuconfig, enable them in the order of
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| 146 | <parameter>CONFIG_PCI_MSI</parameter> first, then
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| 147 | <parameter>CONFIG_IRQ_REMAP</parameter>, at last
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| 148 | <parameter>CONFIG_X86_X2APIC</parameter> because an option only
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| 149 | shows up after its dependencies are selected.</para>
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| 150 |
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[70bf551] | 151 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 152 | href="kernel/x2apic.xml"/>
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[0bf56aad] | 153 |
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| 154 | <para>If you are building a 32-bit system running on a hardware
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| 155 | with RAM more than 4GB, adjust the configuration so the kernel will
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| 156 | be able to use up to 64GB physical RAM:</para>
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| 157 |
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[70bf551] | 158 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 159 | href="kernel/highmem.xml"/>
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[0bf56aad] | 160 |
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| 161 | <para>If the partition for the LFS system is in a NVME SSD (i. e. the
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[57ccb5b] | 162 | device node for the partition is <filename>/dev/nvme*</filename>
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[0bf56aad] | 163 | instead of <filename>/dev/sd*</filename>), enable NVME support or
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| 164 | the LFS system won't boot:</para>
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| 165 |
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[70bf551] | 166 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 167 | href="kernel/nvme.xml"/>
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[1118b17] | 168 | </note>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <note revision="systemd">
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| 171 | <para>While "The IPv6 Protocol" is not strictly
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| 172 | required, it is highly recommended by the systemd developers.</para>
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| 173 | </note>
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| 174 |
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[0bf56aad] | 175 | <para>There are several other options that may be desired
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[1118b17] | 176 | depending on the requirements for the system. For a list of options needed
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| 177 | for BLFS packages, see the <ulink
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| 178 | url="&lfs-root;blfs/view/&short-version;/longindex.html#kernel-config-index">BLFS
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[0bf56aad] | 179 | Index of Kernel Settings</ulink>.</para>
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[4e7d6a6] | 180 |
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[8e65a6a] | 181 | <note>
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[1c16a05] | 182 | <para>If your host hardware is using UEFI and you wish to boot the
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| 183 | LFS system with it, you should adjust some kernel configuration
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| 184 | following <ulink url="&blfs-book;postlfs/grub-setup.html#uefi-kernel">
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[0bf56aad] | 185 | the BLFS page</ulink> <emphasis role='bold'>even if you'll use the
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| 186 | UEFI bootloader from the host distro</emphasis>.</para>
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[8e65a6a] | 187 | </note>
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| 188 |
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[1b7c90c2] | 189 | <note arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all">
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| 190 | <para>
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[d7e0db5] | 191 | The kernel on a multilib system needs to be able to
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[1b7c90c2] | 192 | identify and start binaries compiled for different architectures
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[d7e0db5] | 193 | than the default.
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[1b7c90c2] | 194 | </para>
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[d7e0db5] | 195 |
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| 196 | <para arch="ml_32,ml_all">
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| 197 | If support for any 32bit ABI was built, make sure that the option
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| 198 | "IA32 Emulation" is selected. The option 'IA32 a.out support' is
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| 199 | optional.
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| 200 | </para>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <para arch="ml_x32,ml_all">
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| 203 | If support for the x32bit ABI was built, make sure that the option
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| 204 | "x32 ABI for 64-bit mode" is selected.
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| 205 | </para>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <screen arch="ml_32">Binary Emulations --->
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[384c707] | 208 | [*] IA32 Emulation [CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION]
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| 209 | <M> IA32 a.out support [CONFIG_IA32_AOUT]
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[d7e0db5] | 210 | </screen>
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| 211 | <screen arch="ml_x32">Binary Emulations --->
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[384c707] | 212 | [*] x32 ABI for 64-bit mode [CONFIG_X86_X32]
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[d7e0db5] | 213 | </screen>
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| 214 | <screen arch="ml_all">Binary Emulations --->
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[384c707] | 215 | [*] IA32 Emulation [CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION]
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| 216 | <M> IA32 a.out support [CONFIG_IA32_AOUT]
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| 217 | [*] x32 ABI for 64-bit mode [CONFIG_X86_X32]
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[1b7c90c2] | 218 | </screen>
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[d7e0db5] | 219 | </note>
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| 220 |
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[4e7d6a6] | 221 | <variablelist>
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| 222 | <title>The rationale for the above configuration items:</title>
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| 223 |
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[e5aa02fe] | 224 | <varlistentry>
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| 225 | <term><parameter>Randomize the address of the kernel image (KASLR)</parameter></term>
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| 226 | <listitem>
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| 227 | <para>Enable ASLR for kernel image, to mitigate some attacks based
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| 228 | on fixed addresses of sensitive data or code in the kernel.</para>
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| 229 | </listitem>
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| 230 | </varlistentry>
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| 231 |
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[ed2bec7] | 232 | <varlistentry>
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| 233 | <term>
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| 234 | <parameter>
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| 235 | Compile the kernel with warnings as errors
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| 236 | </parameter>
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| 237 | </term>
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| 238 | <listitem>
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| 239 | <para>This may cause building failure if the compiler and/or
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| 240 | configuration are different from those of the kernel
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| 241 | developers.</para>
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| 242 | </listitem>
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| 243 | </varlistentry>
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| 244 |
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[768ae15] | 245 | <varlistentry>
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| 246 | <term>
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| 247 | <parameter>
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| 248 | Enable kernel headers through /sys/kernel/kheaders.tar.xz
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| 249 | </parameter>
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| 250 | </term>
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| 251 | <listitem>
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| 252 | <para>This will require <command>cpio</command> building the kernel.
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| 253 | <command>cpio</command> is not installed by LFS.</para>
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| 254 | </listitem>
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| 255 | </varlistentry>
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| 256 |
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[e0fb109] | 257 | <varlistentry>
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| 258 | <term>
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| 259 | <parameter>
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| 260 | Configure standard kernel features (expert users)
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| 261 | </parameter>
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| 262 | </term>
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| 263 | <listitem>
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| 264 | <para>This will make some options show up in the configuration
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| 265 | interface but changing those options may be dangerous. Do not use
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| 266 | this unless you know what you are doing.</para>
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| 267 | </listitem>
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| 268 | </varlistentry>
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| 269 |
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[e5aa02fe] | 270 | <varlistentry>
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| 271 | <term><parameter>Strong Stack Protector</parameter></term>
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| 272 | <listitem>
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| 273 | <para>Enable SSP for the kernel. We've enabled it for the entire
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| 274 | userspace with <parameter>--enable-default-ssp</parameter>
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| 275 | configuring GCC, but the kernel does not use GCC default setting
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| 276 | for SSP. We enable it explicitly here.</para>
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| 277 | </listitem>
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| 278 | </varlistentry>
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| 279 |
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[4e7d6a6] | 280 | <varlistentry>
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[3aee2ac2] | 281 | <term><parameter>Support for uevent helper</parameter></term>
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[4e7d6a6] | 282 | <listitem>
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[edbeeb5] | 283 | <para>Having this option set may interfere with device
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[b1774158] | 284 | management when using Udev.</para>
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[4e7d6a6] | 285 | </listitem>
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| 286 | </varlistentry>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <varlistentry>
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| 289 | <term><parameter>Maintain a devtmpfs</parameter></term>
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| 290 | <listitem>
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| 291 | <para>This will create automated device nodes which are populated by the
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[5c9a7bf] | 292 | kernel, even without Udev running. Udev then runs on top of this,
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[4e7d6a6] | 293 | managing permissions and adding symlinks. This configuration
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[b1774158] | 294 | item is required for all users of Udev.</para>
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[4e7d6a6] | 295 | </listitem>
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| 296 | </varlistentry>
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| 297 |
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[6ad47308] | 298 | <varlistentry>
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| 299 | <term><parameter>Automount devtmpfs at /dev</parameter></term>
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| 300 | <listitem>
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| 301 | <para>This will mount the kernel view of the devices on /dev
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| 302 | upon switching to root filesystem just before starting
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| 303 | init.</para>
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| 304 | </listitem>
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| 305 | </varlistentry>
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| 306 |
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[dbab2a4] | 307 | <varlistentry>
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[981b9fa6] | 308 | <term>
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| 309 | <parameter>
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| 310 | Enable legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver
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| 311 | </parameter> and
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| 312 | <parameter>Framebuffer Console support</parameter>
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| 313 | </term>
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[dbab2a4] | 314 | <listitem>
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[981b9fa6] | 315 | <para>These are needed to display the Linux console on a
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| 316 | GPU driven by a DRI (Direct Rendering Infrastructure) driver.
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| 317 | If <option>CONFIG_DRM</option> (Direct Rendering Manager) is
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| 318 | enabled, you should enable these two options as well or you'll see
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| 319 | a blank screen once the DRI driver is loaded.</para>
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[dbab2a4] | 320 | </listitem>
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| 321 | </varlistentry>
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| 322 |
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[83b8644] | 323 | <varlistentry>
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| 324 | <term><parameter>Support x2apic</parameter></term>
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| 325 | <listitem>
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[feed7fea] | 326 | <para>Support running the interrupt controller of 64-bit x86
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| 327 | processors in x2APIC mode. x2APIC may be enabled by firmware on
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| 328 | 64-bit x86 systems, and a kernel without this option enabled will
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[3864d23] | 329 | panic on boot if x2APIC is enabled by firmware. This option
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[feed7fea] | 330 | has no effect, but also does no harm if x2APIC is disabled by the
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| 331 | firmware.</para>
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[83b8644] | 332 | </listitem>
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| 333 | </varlistentry>
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| 334 |
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[4e7d6a6] | 335 | </variablelist>
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[2081905] | 336 |
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[b78c747] | 337 | <para>Alternatively, <command>make oldconfig</command> may be more
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| 338 | appropriate in some situations. See the <filename>README</filename>
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| 339 | file for more information.</para>
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| 340 |
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| 341 | <para>If desired, skip kernel configuration by copying the kernel
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| 342 | config file, <filename>.config</filename>, from the host system
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| 343 | (assuming it is available) to the unpacked <filename
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| 344 | class="directory">linux-&linux-version;</filename> directory. However,
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| 345 | we do not recommend this option. It is often better to explore all the
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| 346 | configuration menus and create the kernel configuration from
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| 347 | scratch.</para>
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| 348 |
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| 349 | <para>Compile the kernel image and modules:</para>
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[2081905] | 350 |
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[0445a3d] | 351 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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[2081905] | 352 |
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[b67f2d6] | 353 | <para>If using kernel modules, module configuration in <filename
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| 354 | class="directory">/etc/modprobe.d</filename> may be required.
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| 355 | Information pertaining to modules and kernel configuration is
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[725ef3b] | 356 | located in <xref linkend="ch-config-udev"/> and in the kernel
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[b67f2d6] | 357 | documentation in the <filename
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[b78c747] | 358 | class="directory">linux-&linux-version;/Documentation</filename> directory.
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[ea93c11] | 359 | Also, <ulink role='man' url='&man;modprobe.d.5'>modprobe.d(5)</ulink>
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| 360 | may be of interest.</para>
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[4b59d59] | 361 |
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[0aaf6a31] | 362 | <para>Unless module support has been disabled in the kernel configuration,
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| 363 | install the modules with:</para>
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[2081905] | 364 |
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[11ebea6] | 365 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make modules_install</userinput></screen>
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[2081905] | 366 |
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[b78c747] | 367 | <para>After kernel compilation is complete, additional steps are
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| 368 | required to complete the installation. Some files need to be copied to
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| 369 | the <filename class="directory">/boot</filename> directory.</para>
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[81fd230] | 370 |
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[230381d] | 371 | <caution>
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[f427ba23] | 372 | <para>If you've decided to use a separate &boot-dir; partition for the
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| 373 | LFS system (maybe sharing a &boot-dir; partition with the host
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| 374 | distro) , the files copied below should go there. The easiest way to
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| 375 | do that is to create the entry for &boot-dir; in &fstab; first (read
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| 376 | the previous section for details), then issue the following command
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| 377 | as the &root; user in the
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| 378 | <emphasis>chroot environment</emphasis>:</para>
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| 379 |
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| 380 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>mount /boot</userinput></screen>
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| 381 |
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| 382 | <para>The path to the device node is omitted in the command because
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| 383 | <command>mount</command> can read it from &fstab;.</para>
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[230381d] | 384 | </caution>
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| 385 |
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[f9bcaec] | 386 | <para>The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform being
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| 387 | used. The filename below can be changed to suit your taste, but the stem of
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[fe1643e] | 388 | the filename should be <emphasis>vmlinuz</emphasis> to be compatible with
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[f9bcaec] | 389 | the automatic setup of the boot process described in the next section. The
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| 390 | following command assumes an x86 architecture:</para>
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[2081905] | 391 |
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[3d7b4f6] | 392 | <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -iv arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;</userinput></screen>
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[2081905] | 393 |
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[b78c747] | 394 | <para><filename>System.map</filename> is a symbol file for the kernel.
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| 395 | It maps the function entry points of every function in the kernel API,
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| 396 | as well as the addresses of the kernel data structures for the running
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[2ca8941] | 397 | kernel. It is used as a resource when investigating kernel problems.
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[6028823] | 398 | Issue the following command to install the map file:</para>
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[81fd230] | 399 |
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[0d84af1] | 400 | <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -iv System.map /boot/System.map-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
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[2081905] | 401 |
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[b78c747] | 402 | <para>The kernel configuration file <filename>.config</filename>
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| 403 | produced by the <command>make menuconfig</command> step
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| 404 | above contains all the configuration selections for the kernel
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| 405 | that was just compiled. It is a good idea to keep this file for future
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| 406 | reference:</para>
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[81fd230] | 407 |
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[0d84af1] | 408 | <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -iv .config /boot/config-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
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[2081905] | 409 |
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[a1e18fa] | 410 | <para>Install the documentation for the Linux kernel:</para>
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| 411 |
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[0d824c5] | 412 | <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -r Documentation -T /usr/share/doc/linux-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
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[a1e18fa] | 413 |
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[b78c747] | 414 | <para>It is important to note that the files in the kernel source
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| 415 | directory are not owned by <emphasis>root</emphasis>. Whenever a
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| 416 | package is unpacked as user <emphasis>root</emphasis> (like we did
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| 417 | inside chroot), the files have the user and group IDs of whatever
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| 418 | they were on the packager's computer. This is usually not a problem
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| 419 | for any other package to be installed because the source tree is
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| 420 | removed after the installation. However, the Linux source tree is
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| 421 | often retained for a long time. Because of this, there is a chance
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| 422 | that whatever user ID the packager used will be assigned to somebody
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| 423 | on the machine. That person would then have write access to the kernel
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| 424 | source.</para>
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| 425 |
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[1c5e434] | 426 | <note>
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[9cea9a2] | 427 | <para>In many cases, the configuration of the kernel will need to be
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[1c5e434] | 428 | updated for packages that will be installed later in BLFS. Unlike
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| 429 | other packages, it is not necessary to remove the kernel source tree
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[9cea9a2] | 430 | after the newly built kernel is installed.</para>
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| 431 |
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[1c5e434] | 432 | <para>If the kernel source tree is going to be retained, run
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| 433 | <command>chown -R 0:0</command> on the <filename
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| 434 | class="directory">linux-&linux-version;</filename> directory to ensure
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| 435 | all files are owned by user <emphasis>root</emphasis>.</para>
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| 436 | </note>
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[b78c747] | 437 |
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| 438 | <warning>
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| 439 | <para>Some kernel documentation recommends creating a symlink from
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| 440 | <filename class="symlink">/usr/src/linux</filename> pointing to the kernel
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| 441 | source directory. This is specific to kernels prior to the 2.6 series and
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| 442 | <emphasis>must not</emphasis> be created on an LFS system as it can cause
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| 443 | problems for packages you may wish to build once your base LFS system is
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| 444 | complete.</para>
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[6c75ca3] | 445 | </warning>
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[b78c747] | 446 |
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[6c75ca3] | 447 | <warning>
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[4a32085] | 448 | <para>The headers in the system's <filename
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| 449 | class="directory">include</filename> directory (<filename
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| 450 | class="directory">/usr/include</filename>) should
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[b78c747] | 451 | <emphasis>always</emphasis> be the ones against which Glibc was compiled,
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[4a32085] | 452 | that is, the sanitised headers installed in <xref
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[6dfcfecc] | 453 | linkend="ch-tools-linux-headers"/>. Therefore, they should
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[4a32085] | 454 | <emphasis>never</emphasis> be replaced by either the raw kernel headers
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| 455 | or any other kernel sanitized headers.</para>
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[b78c747] | 456 | </warning>
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| 457 |
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| 458 | </sect2>
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| 459 |
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[200e466] | 460 | <sect2 id="conf-modprobe" role="configuration">
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| 461 | <title>Configuring Linux Module Load Order</title>
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| 462 |
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| 463 | <indexterm zone="conf-modprobe">
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[b67f2d6] | 464 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf">/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</primary>
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[200e466] | 465 | </indexterm>
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| 466 |
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[cdd87ad] | 467 | <para>Most of the time Linux modules are loaded automatically, but
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| 468 | sometimes it needs some specific direction. The program that loads
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| 469 | modules, <command>modprobe</command> or <command>insmod</command>, uses
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| 470 | <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</filename> for this purpose. This file
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| 471 | needs to be created so that if the USB drivers (ehci_hcd, ohci_hcd and
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| 472 | uhci_hcd) have been built as modules, they will be loaded in the correct
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| 473 | order; ehci_hcd needs to be loaded prior to ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd in order
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| 474 | to avoid a warning being output at boot time.</para>
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[200e466] | 475 |
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[b67f2d6] | 476 | <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</filename> by running
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[200e466] | 477 | the following:</para>
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| 478 |
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[23ba7a00] | 479 | <screen><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /etc/modprobe.d
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[b67f2d6] | 480 | cat > /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf << "EOF"
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| 481 | <literal># Begin /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf
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[200e466] | 482 |
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| 483 | install ohci_hcd /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd ; /sbin/modprobe -i ohci_hcd ; true
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| 484 | install uhci_hcd /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd ; /sbin/modprobe -i uhci_hcd ; true
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| 485 |
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[b67f2d6] | 486 | # End /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</literal>
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[200e466] | 487 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 488 |
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| 489 | </sect2>
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| 490 |
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[b78c747] | 491 | <sect2 id="contents-kernel" role="content">
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| 492 | <title>Contents of Linux</title>
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| 493 |
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| 494 | <segmentedlist>
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| 495 | <segtitle>Installed files</segtitle>
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[fe05b08] | 496 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
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[b78c747] | 497 |
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| 498 | <seglistitem>
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[2ca8941] | 499 | <seg>config-&linux-version;,
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[0480d22] | 500 | vmlinuz-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;,
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[e787b1f] | 501 | and System.map-&linux-version;</seg>
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[fe05b08] | 502 | <seg>/lib/modules, /usr/share/doc/linux-&linux-version;</seg>
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[b78c747] | 503 | </seglistitem>
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| 504 | </segmentedlist>
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| 505 |
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| 506 | <variablelist>
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| 507 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 508 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 509 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 510 |
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| 511 | <varlistentry id="config">
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| 512 | <term><filename>config-&linux-version;</filename></term>
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| 513 | <listitem>
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| 514 | <para>Contains all the configuration selections for the kernel</para>
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| 515 | <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel config">
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| 516 | <primary sortas="e-/boot/config">/boot/config-&linux-version;</primary>
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| 517 | </indexterm>
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| 518 | </listitem>
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| 519 | </varlistentry>
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| 520 |
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| 521 | <varlistentry id="lfskernel">
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[784fdaed] | 522 | <term><filename>vmlinuz-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;</filename></term>
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[b78c747] | 523 | <listitem>
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| 524 | <para>The engine of the Linux system. When turning on the computer,
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| 525 | the kernel is the first part of the operating system that gets loaded.
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| 526 | It detects and initializes all components of the computer's hardware,
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| 527 | then makes these components available as a tree of files to the
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| 528 | software and turns a single CPU into a multitasking machine capable
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| 529 | of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time</para>
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| 530 | <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel lfskernel">
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| 531 | <primary sortas="b-lfskernel">lfskernel-&linux-version;</primary>
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| 532 | </indexterm>
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| 533 | </listitem>
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| 534 | </varlistentry>
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| 535 |
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| 536 | <varlistentry id="System.map">
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| 537 | <term><filename>System.map-&linux-version;</filename></term>
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| 538 | <listitem>
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| 539 | <para>A list of addresses and symbols; it maps the entry points and
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| 540 | addresses of all the functions and data structures in the
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| 541 | kernel</para>
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| 542 | <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel System.map">
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| 543 | <primary sortas="e-/boot/System.map">/boot/System.map-&linux-version;</primary>
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| 544 | </indexterm>
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| 545 | </listitem>
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| 546 | </varlistentry>
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| 547 |
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| 548 | </variablelist>
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| 549 |
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| 550 | </sect2>
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[673b0d8] | 551 |
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[6370fa6] | 552 | </sect1>
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