Changeset 14377f4 for prologue/architecture.xml

Timestamp:

09/25/2012 06:59:37 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

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Children:

f5976ac

Parents:

a764ff2

Message:

Update LFS target architectures.
Fix a url in pkgmgfor LFS.
Tweak a debian udev script for LFS.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9998 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• prologue/architecture.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

prologue/architecture.xml

@@ -11 +11 @@
   <title>LFS Target Architectures</title>
 
-<para>The primary target architecture of LFS is the 32-bit Intel CPU. If you
-have not built an LFS system before, you should probably start with that
-target. The 32-bit architecture is the most widely supported Linux system and
-is most compatible with both open source and proprietary software.</para>
-
-<para>On the other hand, the instructions in this book are known to work, with
-some modifications, with both Power PC and 64-bit AMD/Intel CPUs. To build a
+<para>The primary target architectures of LFS are the AMD/Intel x86 (32-bit)
+and x86_64 (64-bit) CPUs.  On the other hand, the instructions in this book are
+also known to work, with some modifications, with the Power PC CPU. To build a
 system that utilizes one of these CPUs, the main prerequisite, in addition to
 those on the next few pages, is an existing Linux system such as an earlier LFS
@@ -48 +44 @@
 project for this advanced topic.</para>
 
-<para>There is one last comment about 64-bit systems. There are some packages
-that cannot currently be built in a "pure" 64-bit system or require specialized
-build instructions. Generally, these packages have some embedded 32-bit
-specific assembly language instructions that fail when building on a 64-bit
-system.  This includes some Xorg drivers from <ulink
-url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/">Beyond Linux From Scratch
-(BLFS)</ulink>. Many of these problems can be worked around, but may require
-some specialized procedures or patches.</para>
+<para>There is one last comment about 64-bit systems. There are some older
+packages that cannot currently be built in a "pure" 64-bit system or require
+specialized build instructions. Generally, these packages have some embedded
+32-bit specific assembly language instructions that fail when building on a
+64-bit system.  This includes some Xorg drivers for some legacy video cards at
+<ulink url="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/">
+http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/</ulink>. Many of these
+problems can be worked around, but may require some specialized procedures or
+patches.</para>
 
 </sect1>