Changeset 9ee226e for prologue/hostreqs.xml

Timestamp:

05/27/2009 02:49:21 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

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Children:

7ec7f68

Parents:

ca2f862e

Message:

Grammer and wording changes in the Preface

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8929 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• prologue/hostreqs.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

prologue/hostreqs.xml

@@ -60 +60 @@
 
     <listitem>
-      <!-- Gcc-2.95.3 breaks feature tests when using CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/"
-           in the *-pass1 sections -->
       <para><emphasis role="strong">Gcc-3.0.1</emphasis> (Versions
       greater than &gcc-version; are not recommended as they have not
@@ -82 +80 @@
 
     <listitem>
-      <para><emphasis role="strong">Linux Kernel-2.6.x</emphasis>
+      <para><emphasis role="strong">Linux Kernel-2.6.18</emphasis>
       (having been compiled with GCC-3.0 or greater)</para>
 
-      <para>The reason for the kernel version requirement is that thread-local
+      <para>The reason for the kernel version requirement is that we specify
+      that version when building <application>glibc</application> in Chapter 6
+      at the recommendation of the developers.  This can be overridden if
+      desired but at least a 2.6.0 kerenl is required because thread-local
       storage support in Binutils will not be built and the Native POSIX
       Threading Library (NPTL) test suite will segfault if the host's kernel
@@ -91 +92 @@
       GCC.</para>
 
-      <para>If the host kernel is either earlier than 2.6.x, or it was not
-      compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or later) compiler, you will have to replace
-      the kernel with one adhering to the specifications. There are two
-ways you can go about this.First, see if your Linux vendor provides a
-      2.6 kernel package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor
-      doesn't offer a 2.6 kernel package, or you would prefer not to install it,
-      you can compile a 2.6 kernel yourself. Instructions for compiling the
-      kernel and configuring the boot loader (assuming the host uses GRUB) are
-      located in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para>
+      <para>If the host kernel is either earlier than 2.6.18, or it was not
+      compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or later) compiler, you will need to replace
+      the kernel with one adhering to the specifications. There are two ways
+      you can go about this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6.18
+      or later kernel package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your
+      vendor doesn't offer an acceptable kernel package, or you would prefer not to
+      install it, you can compile a kernel yourself. Instructions for
+      compiling the kernel and configuring the boot loader (assuming the host
+      uses GRUB) are located in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para>
 
       <note>