Changeset 0d84af1 for prologue

Timestamp:

12/28/2017 03:52:38 AM (6 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

25332b5

Parents:

9fde3e9

Message:

Typos and wording changes

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11343 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Location:

prologue

Files:

• architecture.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• audience.xml (modified) (1 diff)

prologue/architecture.xml

@@ -23 +23 @@
 <para>Some other facts about 64-bit systems need to be added here. When
 compared to a 32-bit system, the sizes of executable programs are slightly
-larger and the execution speeds are only slightly faster. For example, in a
-test build of LFS-6.5 on a Core2Duo CPU based system, the following statistics
-were measured:</para>
+larger and the execution speeds of arbitrary programs are only slightly faster.
+For example, in a test build of LFS-6.5 on a Core2Duo CPU based system, the
+following statistics were measured:</para>
 
 <screen><computeroutput>Architecture Build Time     Build Size
@@ -35 +35 @@
 minimal. Of course, if you have more than 4GB of RAM or want to manipulate
 data that exceeds 4GB, the advantages of a 64-bit system are substantial.</para>
+
+<note><para>The above discussion is only appropriate when comparing 
+builds on the same hardware.  Modern 64-bit systems are considerably
+faster than older 64-bit systems and the LFS authors recommend building
+on a 64-bit system when given a choice.</para></note>
 
 <para>The default 64-bit build that results from LFS is considered a "pure"

prologue/audience.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
 <para>The goal of Linux From Scratch is to build a complete and usable
 foundation-level system. If you do not wish to build your own Linux system
-from scratch, you may not entirely benefit from the information in this
+from scratch, you may nevertheless benefit from the information in this
 book.</para>