Changeset 0f18f2b

Timestamp:

06/05/2023 03:20:48 PM (4 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

12.0, 12.0-rc1, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/parallelism

Children:

48ac979, 4e28354, 6256b16, ed9b087

Parents:

5e7593e

Message:

housekeeping after min-kernel bump

Update the rationale for min-kernel in hostreqs. Add a note in
general.ent about the EOL of current min-kernel. Realign the
backslashes in glibc instructions.

Files:

• chapter02/hostreqs.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter05/glibc.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter08/glibc.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• general.ent (modified) (1 diff)

chapter02/hostreqs.xml

@@ -94 +94 @@
       that version when building <application>glibc</application> in
       <xref linkend="chapter-cross-tools"/> and
-      <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>,
-      at the recommendation of the developers.</para>
+      <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>, so the workarounds for
+      older kernels are not enabled and the compiled
+      <application>glibc</application> is slightly faster and smaller.
+      As at June 2023, &min-kernel; is the oldest kernel release still
+      supported by the kernel developers.</para>
 
       <para>If the host kernel is earlier than &min-kernel; you will need to replace

chapter05/glibc.xml

@@ -90 +90 @@
       --host=$LFS_TGT                    \
       --build=$(../scripts/config.guess) \
-      --enable-kernel=&min-kernel;                \
+      --enable-kernel=&min-kernel;               \
       --with-headers=$LFS/usr/include    \
       libc_cv_slibdir=/usr/lib</userinput></screen>

chapter08/glibc.xml

@@ -77 +77 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">../configure --prefix=/usr                            \
              --disable-werror                         \
-             --enable-kernel=&min-kernel;                      \
+             --enable-kernel=&min-kernel;                     \
              --enable-stack-protector=strong          \
              --with-headers=/usr/include              \

general.ent

@@ -92 +92 @@
 <!ENTITY test-results    "&lfs-root;lfs/build-logs/&generic-version;/">
 <!ENTITY secadv          "&lfs-root;lfs/advisories/">
+
+<!-- 4.14 EOL is Jan 2024
+     so for LFS 11.5 we may consider moving to 4.19 -->
 <!ENTITY min-kernel      "4.14">
+
 <!--
 <!ENTITY patches-rootd   "&lfs-root;patches/lfs/&generic-versiond;/">