Changeset 2ec0d20

Timestamp:

06/29/2005 07:17:42 AM (19 years ago)

Author:

Archaic <archaic@…>

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, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 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:

663ecfc

Parents:

7700d16

Message:

Reworked the kernel page.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6221 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter08/kernel.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

chapter08/kernel.xml

@@ -64 +64 @@
 information.</para>
 
-<note><para>When configuring the kernel, be sure to enable the
-<quote>Support for hot-pluggable devices</quote> option under the
-<quote>General Setup</quote> menu. This enables hotplug events that
-are used by <command>udev</command> to populate the <filename
-class="directory">/dev</filename> directory with device
-nodes.</para></note>
+<note><para>When configuring the kernel, be sure to enable the <quote>Support
+for hot-pluggable devices</quote> option under the <quote>General Setup</quote>
+menu. This enables hotplug events that are used by <command>udev</command> to
+populate the <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> directory with device
+nodes. Likewise, enable the <quote>Virtual memory file system support</quote>
+option under the <quote>File systems</quote>/<quote>Pseudo filesystems</quote>
+menu. This enables the virtual filesystem that the <filename
+class="directory">/dev</filename> directory will be mounted on.</para></note>
 
 <para>If desired, skip kernel configuration by copying the kernel
@@ -78 +80 @@
 configuration menus and create the kernel configuration from
 scratch.</para>
-
-<para>For POSIX-shared memory support, ensure that the kernel config
-option <quote>Virtual memory file system support</quote> is enabled.
-It resides within the <quote>File systems</quote> menu and is normally
-enabled by default.</para>
 
 <para>LFS Bootscripts make the assumption that both <quote>Support for Host-side
@@ -138 +135 @@
 
 <para>The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform
-being used. Issue the following command to install the kernel:</para>
+being used. The following command assumes an x86 architecture:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/lfskernel-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>