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7
8<sect1 id="ch-bootable-kernel" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="kernel.html"?>
10
11 <sect1info condition="script">
12 <productname>kernel</productname>
13 <productnumber>&linux-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&linux-url;</address>
15 </sect1info>
16
17 <title>Linux-&linux-version;</title>
18
19 <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel">
20 <primary sortas="a-Linux">Linux</primary>
21 </indexterm>
22
23 <sect2 role="package">
24 <title/>
25
26 <para>The Linux package contains the Linux kernel.</para>
27
28 <segmentedlist>
29 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
30 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
31
32 <seglistitem>
33 <seg>&linux-knl-sbu;</seg>
34 <seg>&linux-knl-du;</seg>
35 </seglistitem>
36 </segmentedlist>
37
38 </sect2>
39
40 <sect2 role="installation">
41 <title>Installation of the kernel</title>
42
43 <para>Building the kernel involves a few steps&mdash;configuration,
44 compilation, and installation. Read the <filename>README</filename> file
45 in the kernel source tree for alternative methods to the way this book
46 configures the kernel.</para>
47
48 <para>Prepare for compilation by running the following command:</para>
49
50<screen><userinput remap="pre">make mrproper</userinput></screen>
51
52 <para>This ensures that the kernel tree is absolutely clean. The
53 kernel team recommends that this command be issued prior to each
54 kernel compilation. Do not rely on the source tree being clean after
55 un-tarring.</para>
56
57 <para>There are several ways to configure the kernel options. Usually,
58 This is done through a menu-driven interface, for example:</para>
59
60<screen role="nodump"><userinput>make menuconfig</userinput></screen>
61
62 <variablelist>
63 <title>The meaning of optional make environment variables:</title>
64
65 <varlistentry>
66 <term><parameter>LANG=&lt;host_LANG_value&gt; LC_ALL=</parameter></term>
67 <listitem>
68 <para>This establishes the locale setting to the one used on the
69 host. This may be needed for a proper menuconfig ncurses interface
70 line drawing on a UTF-8 linux text console.</para>
71
72 <para>If used, be sure to replace
73 <replaceable>&lt;host_LANG_value&gt;</replaceable> by the value of
74 the <envar>$LANG</envar> variable from your host. You can
75 alternatively use instead the host's value of <envar>$LC_ALL</envar>
76 or <envar>$LC_CTYPE</envar>.</para>
77 </listitem>
78 </varlistentry>
79
80 <varlistentry>
81 <term><command>make menuconfig</command></term>
82 <listitem>
83 <para>This launches an ncurses menu-driven interface. For other
84 (graphical) interfaces, type <command>make help</command>.</para>
85 </listitem>
86 </varlistentry>
87 </variablelist>
88
89 <!-- Support for compiling a keymap into the kernel is deliberately removed -->
90
91 <para>For general information on kernel configuration see <ulink
92 url="&hints-root;kernel-configuration.txt"/>. BLFS has some information
93 regarding particular kernel configuration requirements of packages outside
94 of LFS at <ulink
95 url="&blfs-book;longindex.html#kernel-config-index"/>. Additional
96 information about configuring and building the kernel can be found at
97 <ulink url="http://www.kroah.com/lkn/"/> </para>
98
99 <note>
100 <para>A good starting place for setting up the kernel configuration is to
101 run <command>make defconfig</command>. This will set the base
102 configuration to a good state that takes your current system architecture
103 into account.</para>
104
105 <para>Be sure to enable/disable/set the following features or the system might
106 not work correctly or boot at all:</para>
107
108 <screen role="nodump" revision="sysv">General setup -->
109 &lt; &gt; Enable kernel headers through /sys/kernel/kheaders.tar.xz [CONFIG_IKHEADERS]
110Device Drivers ---&gt;
111 Graphics support ---&gt;
112 Frame buffer Devices ---&gt;
113 [*] Support for frame buffer devices ----
114 Generic Driver Options ---&gt;
115 [ ] Support for uevent helper [CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER]
116 [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev [CONFIG_DEVTMPFS]
117 [*] Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs [CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT]</screen>
118
119 <screen role="nodump" revision="systemd">General setup -->
120 [ ] Auditing Support [CONFIG_AUDIT]
121 CPU/Task time and stats accounting ---&gt;
122 [*] Pressure stall information tracking [CONFIG_PSI]
123 &lt; &gt; Enable kernel headers through /sys/kernel/kheaders.tar.xz [CONFIG_IKHEADERS]
124 [*] Control Group support [CONFIG_CGROUPS] ---&gt;
125 [*] Memory controller [CONFIG_MEMCG]
126 [ ] Enable deprecated sysfs features to support old userspace tools [CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED]
127 [*] Configure standard kernel features (expert users) [CONFIG_EXPERT] ---&gt;
128 [*] open by fhandle syscalls [CONFIG_FHANDLE]
129General architecture-dependent options ---&gt;
130 [*] Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode [CONFIG_SECCOMP]
131Networking support ---&gt;
132 Networking options ---&gt;
133 &lt;*&gt; The IPv6 protocol [CONFIG_IPV6]
134Device Drivers ---&gt;
135 Generic Driver Options ---&gt;
136 [ ] Support for uevent helper [CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER]
137 [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev [CONFIG_DEVTMPFS]
138 [*] Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs [CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT]
139 Firmware Loader ---&gt;
140 [ ] Enable the firmware sysfs fallback mechanism [CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER]
141 Firmware Drivers ---&gt;
142 [*] Export DMI identification via sysfs to userspace [CONFIG_DMIID]
143 Graphics support ---&gt;
144 Frame buffer Devices ---&gt;
145 &lt;*&gt; Support for frame buffer devices ---&gt;
146File systems ---&gt;
147 [*] Inotify support for userspace [CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER]
148 Pseudo filesystems ---&gt;
149 [*] Tmpfs POSIX Access Control Lists [CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL]</screen>
150 </note>
151
152 <note revision="systemd">
153 <para>While "The IPv6 Protocol" is not strictly
154 required, it is highly recommended by the systemd developers.</para>
155 </note>
156
157 <para revision="sysv">There are several other options that may be desired
158 depending on the requirements for the system. For a list of options needed
159 for BLFS packages, see the <ulink
160 url="&lfs-root;blfs/view/&short-version;/longindex.html#kernel-config-index">BLFS
161 Index of Kernel Settings</ulink>
162 (&lfs-root;blfs/view/&short-version;/longindex.html#kernel-config-index).</para>
163
164 <note>
165 <para>If your host hardware is using UEFI and you wish to boot the
166 LFS system with it, you should adjust some kernel configuration
167 following <ulink url="&blfs-book;postlfs/grub-setup.html#uefi-kernel">
168 the BLFS page</ulink>.</para>
169 </note>
170
171 <variablelist>
172 <title>The rationale for the above configuration items:</title>
173
174 <varlistentry>
175 <term>
176 <parameter>
177 Enable kernel headers through /sys/kernel/kheaders.tar.xz
178 </parameter>
179 </term>
180 <listitem>
181 <para>This will require <command>cpio</command> building the kernel.
182 <command>cpio</command> is not installed by LFS.</para>
183 </listitem>
184 </varlistentry>
185
186 <varlistentry>
187 <term><parameter>Support for uevent helper</parameter></term>
188 <listitem>
189 <para>Having this option set may interfere with device
190 management when using Udev/Eudev. </para>
191 </listitem>
192 </varlistentry>
193
194 <varlistentry>
195 <term><parameter>Maintain a devtmpfs</parameter></term>
196 <listitem>
197 <para>This will create automated device nodes which are populated by the
198 kernel, even without Udev running. Udev then runs on top of this,
199 managing permissions and adding symlinks. This configuration
200 item is required for all users of Udev/Eudev.</para>
201 </listitem>
202 </varlistentry>
203
204 <varlistentry>
205 <term><parameter>Automount devtmpfs at /dev</parameter></term>
206 <listitem>
207 <para>This will mount the kernel view of the devices on /dev
208 upon switching to root filesystem just before starting
209 init.</para>
210 </listitem>
211 </varlistentry>
212
213 </variablelist>
214
215 <para>Alternatively, <command>make oldconfig</command> may be more
216 appropriate in some situations. See the <filename>README</filename>
217 file for more information.</para>
218
219 <para>If desired, skip kernel configuration by copying the kernel
220 config file, <filename>.config</filename>, from the host system
221 (assuming it is available) to the unpacked <filename
222 class="directory">linux-&linux-version;</filename> directory. However,
223 we do not recommend this option. It is often better to explore all the
224 configuration menus and create the kernel configuration from
225 scratch.</para>
226
227 <para>Compile the kernel image and modules:</para>
228
229<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
230
231 <para>If using kernel modules, module configuration in <filename
232 class="directory">/etc/modprobe.d</filename> may be required.
233 Information pertaining to modules and kernel configuration is
234 located in <xref linkend="ch-config-udev"/> and in the kernel
235 documentation in the <filename
236 class="directory">linux-&linux-version;/Documentation</filename> directory.
237 Also, <filename>modprobe.d(5)</filename> may be of interest.</para>
238
239 <para>Unless module support has been disabled in the kernel configuration,
240 install the modules with:</para>
241
242<screen><userinput remap="install">make modules_install</userinput></screen>
243
244 <para>After kernel compilation is complete, additional steps are
245 required to complete the installation. Some files need to be copied to
246 the <filename class="directory">/boot</filename> directory.</para>
247
248 <caution>
249 <para>As the cross-built LFS system has a separate /boot partition,
250 the files copied below should go there. The easiest way to do that is
251 to mount <filename class="directory">/boot</filename> before
252 proceeding. As the root user:</para>
253
254<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mount /boot</userinput></screen>
255
256 <para>We don't need to specify the path to the device node, as it's
257 already given in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>.</para>
258 </caution>
259
260 <para>The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform being
261 used. The filename below can be changed to suit your taste, but the stem of
262 the filename should be <emphasis>vmlinuz</emphasis> to be compatible with
263 the automatic setup of the boot process described in the next section. The
264 following command assumes an x86 architecture:</para>
265
266<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -iv arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;</userinput></screen>
267
268 <para><filename>System.map</filename> is a symbol file for the kernel.
269 It maps the function entry points of every function in the kernel API,
270 as well as the addresses of the kernel data structures for the running
271 kernel. It is used as a resource when investigating kernel problems.
272 Issue the following command to install the map file:</para>
273
274<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -iv System.map /boot/System.map-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
275
276 <para>The kernel configuration file <filename>.config</filename>
277 produced by the <command>make menuconfig</command> step
278 above contains all the configuration selections for the kernel
279 that was just compiled. It is a good idea to keep this file for future
280 reference:</para>
281
282<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -iv .config /boot/config-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
283
284 <para>Install the documentation for the Linux kernel:</para>
285
286<screen><userinput remap="install">install -d /usr/share/doc/linux-&linux-version;
287cp -r Documentation/* /usr/share/doc/linux-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
288
289 <para>It is important to note that the files in the kernel source
290 directory are not owned by <emphasis>root</emphasis>. Whenever a
291 package is unpacked as user <emphasis>root</emphasis> (like we did
292 inside chroot), the files have the user and group IDs of whatever
293 they were on the packager's computer. This is usually not a problem
294 for any other package to be installed because the source tree is
295 removed after the installation. However, the Linux source tree is
296 often retained for a long time. Because of this, there is a chance
297 that whatever user ID the packager used will be assigned to somebody
298 on the machine. That person would then have write access to the kernel
299 source.</para>
300
301 <note>
302 <para>In many cases, the configuration of the kernel will need to be
303 updated for packages that will be installed later in BLFS. Unlike
304 other packages, it is not necessary to remove the kernel source tree
305 after the newly built kernel is installed.</para>
306
307 <para>If the kernel source tree is going to be retained, run
308 <command>chown -R 0:0</command> on the <filename
309 class="directory">linux-&linux-version;</filename> directory to ensure
310 all files are owned by user <emphasis>root</emphasis>.</para>
311 </note>
312
313 <warning>
314 <para>Some kernel documentation recommends creating a symlink from
315 <filename class="symlink">/usr/src/linux</filename> pointing to the kernel
316 source directory. This is specific to kernels prior to the 2.6 series and
317 <emphasis>must not</emphasis> be created on an LFS system as it can cause
318 problems for packages you may wish to build once your base LFS system is
319 complete.</para>
320 </warning>
321
322 <warning>
323 <para>The headers in the system's <filename
324 class="directory">include</filename> directory (<filename
325 class="directory">/usr/include</filename>) should
326 <emphasis>always</emphasis> be the ones against which Glibc was compiled,
327 that is, the sanitised headers installed in <xref
328 linkend="ch-tools-linux-headers"/>. Therefore, they should
329 <emphasis>never</emphasis> be replaced by either the raw kernel headers
330 or any other kernel sanitized headers.</para>
331 </warning>
332
333 </sect2>
334
335 <sect2 id="conf-modprobe" role="configuration">
336 <title>Configuring Linux Module Load Order</title>
337
338 <indexterm zone="conf-modprobe">
339 <primary sortas="e-/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf">/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</primary>
340 </indexterm>
341
342 <para>Most of the time Linux modules are loaded automatically, but
343 sometimes it needs some specific direction. The program that loads
344 modules, <command>modprobe</command> or <command>insmod</command>, uses
345 <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</filename> for this purpose. This file
346 needs to be created so that if the USB drivers (ehci_hcd, ohci_hcd and
347 uhci_hcd) have been built as modules, they will be loaded in the correct
348 order; ehci_hcd needs to be loaded prior to ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd in order
349 to avoid a warning being output at boot time.</para>
350
351 <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</filename> by running
352 the following:</para>
353
354<screen><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /etc/modprobe.d
355cat &gt; /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
356<literal># Begin /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf
357
358install ohci_hcd /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd ; /sbin/modprobe -i ohci_hcd ; true
359install uhci_hcd /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd ; /sbin/modprobe -i uhci_hcd ; true
360
361# End /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</literal>
362EOF</userinput></screen>
363
364 </sect2>
365
366 <sect2 id="contents-kernel" role="content">
367 <title>Contents of Linux</title>
368
369 <segmentedlist>
370 <segtitle>Installed files</segtitle>
371 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
372
373 <seglistitem>
374 <seg>config-&linux-version;,
375 vmlinuz-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;,
376 and System.map-&linux-version;</seg>
377 <seg>/lib/modules, /usr/share/doc/linux-&linux-version;</seg>
378 </seglistitem>
379 </segmentedlist>
380
381 <variablelist>
382 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
383 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
384 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
385
386 <varlistentry id="config">
387 <term><filename>config-&linux-version;</filename></term>
388 <listitem>
389 <para>Contains all the configuration selections for the kernel</para>
390 <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel config">
391 <primary sortas="e-/boot/config">/boot/config-&linux-version;</primary>
392 </indexterm>
393 </listitem>
394 </varlistentry>
395
396 <varlistentry id="lfskernel">
397 <term><filename>vmlinuz-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;</filename></term>
398 <listitem>
399 <para>The engine of the Linux system. When turning on the computer,
400 the kernel is the first part of the operating system that gets loaded.
401 It detects and initializes all components of the computer's hardware,
402 then makes these components available as a tree of files to the
403 software and turns a single CPU into a multitasking machine capable
404 of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time</para>
405 <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel lfskernel">
406 <primary sortas="b-lfskernel">lfskernel-&linux-version;</primary>
407 </indexterm>
408 </listitem>
409 </varlistentry>
410
411 <varlistentry id="System.map">
412 <term><filename>System.map-&linux-version;</filename></term>
413 <listitem>
414 <para>A list of addresses and symbols; it maps the entry points and
415 addresses of all the functions and data structures in the
416 kernel</para>
417 <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel System.map">
418 <primary sortas="e-/boot/System.map">/boot/System.map-&linux-version;</primary>
419 </indexterm>
420 </listitem>
421 </varlistentry>
422
423 </variablelist>
424
425 </sect2>
426
427</sect1>
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