Changeset 8eb3fe4 for prologue/architecture.xml

Timestamp:

04/01/2019 05:00:45 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib-10.1

Children:

7d9f881

Parents:

1fa2099

Message:

First apply of multilib-patch of April 1st, 2019

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/multilib@11566 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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

prologue/architecture.xml

@@ -41 +41 @@
 on a 64-bit system when given a choice.</para></note>
 
-<para>The default 64-bit build that results from LFS is considered a "pure"
-64-bit system. That is, it supports 64-bit executables only. Building a
-"multi-lib" system requires compiling many applications twice, once for a
-32-bit system and once for a 64-bit system. This is not directly supported in
-LFS because it would interfere with the educational objective of providing the
-instructions needed for a straightforward base Linux system.  You can refer to
-the <ulink url="http://trac.clfs.org/">Cross Linux From Scratch</ulink>
+<para arch="default">The default 64-bit build that results from LFS is
+considered a "pure" 64-bit system. That is, it supports 64-bit executables only.
+Building a "multi-lib" system requires compiling many applications twice, once
+for a 32-bit system and once for a 64-bit system. This is not directly supported
+in LFS because it would interfere with the educational objective of providing
+the instructions needed for a straightforward base Linux system.  You can refer
+to the <ulink url="http://trac.clfs.org/">Cross Linux From Scratch</ulink>
 project for this advanced topic.</para>
 
@@ -62 +62 @@
 -->
 
+<para arch="multilib">You are reading the
+<emphasis>LFS-&version;-multilib</emphasis> book. Building a multilib system
+requires compiling many applications three times: once for the primary
+64-bit architecture; once for the minor 32-bit architecture; and once again for
+the 32-bit architecture with 64-bit memory extensions.</para>
+
+<para arch="multilib">Multilib goes a bit beyond the basic educational approach
+of LFS which is to teach you how to build a Linux system. If you haven't
+previously built by the standard LFS book, you are encouraged to do so before
+attempting this edition.</para>
+
+<para arch="multilib">Continue only if you meet the following requirements:
+<itemizedlist>
+  <listitem><para>you have a x86_64 compatible machine</para></listitem>
+  <listitem><para>you already have experience with LFS</para></listitem>
+  <listitem><para>you have a need for 32-bit support</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</para>
+
 </sect1>