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Timestamp:
08/29/2004 06:36:34 PM (20 years ago)
Author:
Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>
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Second round of edits for final release

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    1010<para>The host must be running at least a 2.6.2 kernel compiled with
    1111GCC-3.0 or higher. There are two main reasons for this high
    12 requirement. First, the Native Posix Threading Library (NPTL)
    13 testsuite will segfault if the host's kernel has not been compiled with
     12requirement. First, the Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL)
     13test suite will segfault if the host's kernel has not been compiled with
    1414GCC-3.0 or a later version. Secondly, the 2.6.2 or later version of
    1515the kernel is required for the use of Udev. Udev creates devices
    1616dynamically by reading from the <systemitem
    17 class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> file system. However, only
    18 recently has support for this file system been implemented in most of
     17class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> file system. However, support
     18for this filesystem has only recently been implemented in most of
    1919the kernel drivers. We must be sure that all critical system devices
    2020get created properly.</para>
     
    3333be compiled.  The host system will then need to be rebooted to use the
    3434newly compiled kernel. Instructions for compiling the kernel and
    35 configuring the bootloader (assuming your host uses GRUB) are located
     35configuring the bootloader (assuming the host uses GRUB) are located
    3636in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para>
    3737
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