Changeset d6c28f96 for chapter08/kernel.xml

Timestamp:

06/30/2005 02:56:55 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Archaic <archaic@…>

Branches:

6.1, 6.1.1

Children:

782446b

Parents:

ce88af3

Message:

Merged some tag/wording changes from trunk (r6219-r6221).

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.1/BOOK@6250 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter08/kernel.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

chapter08/kernel.xml

@@ -66 +66 @@
 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.</para></note>
+<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
@@ -80 +82 @@
 configuration menus and create the kernel configuration from
 scratch.</para>
-
-<para>For POSIX-shared memory support, ensure that the kernel config
-option <quote>Virtual memory file system support</quote> is enabled.
-It resides within the <quote>File systems</quote> menu and is normally
-enabled by default.</para>
 
 <para>LFS Bootscripts make the assumption that both <quote>Support for Host-side
@@ -140 +137 @@
 
 <para>The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform
-being used. Issue the following command to install the kernel:</para>
+being used. The following command assumes an x86 architecture:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/lfskernel-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>