Changeset a5db5e7f for chapter08

Timestamp:

07/09/2005 08:45:17 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Archaic <archaic@…>

Branches:

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Children:

1a317d8

Parents:

9041d47

Message:

Rewrote the NOTE section on kernel page.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@6470 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter08/kernel.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter08/kernel.xml

@@ -63 +63 @@
 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. 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
 config file, <filename>.config</filename>, from the host system
@@ -80 +71 @@
 scratch.</para>
 
-<note><para>NPTL requires the kernel to be compiled with GCC 3.x, in
-this case &gcc-version;. Compiling with 2.95.x is known to cause failures in
-the glibc test suite, so it is not recommended to compile the kernel
-with gcc 2.95.x.</para></note>
+<note><para>NPTL requires the kernel to be compiled with GCC-3.x, in this case
+&gcc-version;. Compiling with 2.95.x is known to cause failures in the Glibc
+test suite, so it is not recommended to compile the kernel with gcc 2.95.x.
+Normally, this wouldn't be mentioned as LFS doesn't build GCC-2.95.x.
+Unfortunately, the kernel documentation is outdated and still claims GCC-2.95.3
+is the recommended compiler.</para></note>
 
 <para>Compile the kernel image and modules:</para>