Changeset 2081905 for chapter06/kernel-headers.xml

Timestamp:

02/05/2004 10:17:48 PM (21 years ago)

Author:

Alex Gronenwoud <alex@…>

Branches:

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Children:

0dda614

Parents:

2309b72

Message:

Simplifying the second copying of the kernel headers.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3229 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter06/kernel-headers.xml (moved) (moved from chapter06/kernel-exp-headers.xml ) (2 diffs)

chapter06/kernel-headers.xml

@@ +1 @@
+<sect1 id="ch-system-kernel-headers">
+<title>Installing Linux-&kernel-version; headers</title>
+<?dbhtml filename="kernelheaders.html" dir="chapter06"?>
+
+<screen>&buildtime; &kernel-time-headers;
+&diskspace; &kernel-compsize-headers;</screen>
+
 <sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
 
 <sect2>
-<title>Why we copy the kernel headers and don't symlink them</title>
+<title>Installation of the kernel headers</title>
+
+<para>We won't be compiling a new kernel yet -- we'll do that when we have
+finished the installation of all the packages. But the libraries installed in
+the next section need to refer to the kernel header files in order to know how
+to interface with the kernel. Instead of unpacking the kernel sources again,
+making the version file and the symlinks and so on, we will simply copy the
+headers from the temporary tools directory in one swoop:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>cp -a /tools/include/{asm,asm-generic,linux} /usr/include</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>A few kernel header files refer to the <filename>autoconf.h</filename>
+header file. Since we have not yet configured the kernel, we need to create
+this file ourselves in order to avoid a compilation failure of Sysklogd.
+Create an empty <filename>autoconf.h</filename> file with:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>touch /usr/include/linux/autoconf.h</userinput></screen>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Why we copy the kernel headers</title>
 
 <para>In the past it was common practice to symlink the
@@ -41 +71 @@
 </sect2>
 
+</sect1>
+