Changeset 0fb69dd for chapter08/kernel-alpha.xml
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ra50b6b7 r0fb69dd 10 10 <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel"><primary sortas="a-Linux">Linux</primary></indexterm> 11 11 12 <sect2 role="package"><title/> 13 <para>The Linux package contains the kernel and the header files.</para> 14 15 <segmentedlist> 16 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> 17 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> 18 <seglistitem><seg>4.20 SBU</seg> 19 <seg>181 MB</seg></seglistitem> 20 </segmentedlist> 21 22 <segmentedlist> 23 <segtitle>Linux installation depends on</segtitle> 24 <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Findutils, 25 GCC, Glibc, Grep, Gzip, Make, Modutils, Perl, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> 26 </segmentedlist> 27 </sect2> 12 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" 13 href="../chapter08/kernel.xml" 14 xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[@role='package'])"/> 28 15 29 16 <sect2 role="installation"> … … 174 161 </sect2> 175 162 176 177 <sect2 id="contents-kernel" role="content"><title>Contents of Linux</title> 178 179 <segmentedlist> 180 <segtitle>Installed files</segtitle> 181 <seglistitem><seg>kernel, kernel headers, 182 and System.map</seg></seglistitem> 183 </segmentedlist> 184 185 <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> 186 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> 187 188 <varlistentry id="kernel"> 189 <term><filename>kernel</filename></term> 190 <listitem> 191 <para>The engine of the Linux system. When turning on the computer, 192 the kernel is the first part of the operating system that gets loaded. 193 It detects and initializes all components of the computer's hardware, 194 then makes these components available as a tree of files to the 195 software and turns a single CPU into a multitasking machine capable 196 of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time.</para> 197 <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel kernel"><primary sortas="b-kernel">kernel</primary></indexterm> 198 </listitem> 199 </varlistentry> 200 201 <varlistentry id="kernel-headers"> 202 <term><filename>kernel headers</filename></term> 203 <listitem> 204 <para>Defines the interface to the services that the kernel provides. 205 The headers in the system's <filename 206 class="directory">include</filename> directory should 207 <emphasis>always</emphasis> be the ones against which Glibc was 208 compiled and therefore, should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be replaced 209 when upgrading the kernel.</para> 210 <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel kernel-headers"><primary sortas="e-kernel-headers">kernel headers</primary></indexterm> 211 </listitem> 212 </varlistentry> 213 214 <varlistentry id="System.map"> 215 <term><filename>System.map</filename></term> 216 <listitem> 217 <para>A list of addresses and symbols; it maps the entry points and 218 addresses of all the functions and data structures in the 219 kernel</para> 220 <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel System.map"><primary sortas="e-/boot/System.map">/boot/System.map</primary></indexterm> 221 </listitem> 222 </varlistentry> 223 </variablelist> 224 225 </sect2> 163 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" 164 href="../chapter08/kernel.xml" 165 xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[@role='content'])"/> 226 166 227 167 </sect1>
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