Changeset 69993f4 for chapter05/hostreqs.xml
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- 08/29/2004 06:36:34 PM (20 years ago)
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chapter05/hostreqs.xml
rec0a37e6 r69993f4 10 10 <para>The host must be running at least a 2.6.2 kernel compiled with 11 11 GCC-3.0 or higher. There are two main reasons for this high 12 requirement. First, the Native P osixThreading Library (NPTL)13 test suite will segfault if the host's kernel has not been compiled with12 requirement. First, the Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL) 13 test suite will segfault if the host's kernel has not been compiled with 14 14 GCC-3.0 or a later version. Secondly, the 2.6.2 or later version of 15 15 the kernel is required for the use of Udev. Udev creates devices 16 16 dynamically by reading from the <systemitem 17 class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> file system. However, only18 recently has support for this file systembeen implemented in most of17 class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> file system. However, support 18 for this filesystem has only recently been implemented in most of 19 19 the kernel drivers. We must be sure that all critical system devices 20 20 get created properly.</para> … … 33 33 be compiled. The host system will then need to be rebooted to use the 34 34 newly compiled kernel. Instructions for compiling the kernel and 35 configuring the bootloader (assuming yourhost uses GRUB) are located35 configuring the bootloader (assuming the host uses GRUB) are located 36 36 in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para> 37 37
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