Changeset d8c9a43f

Timestamp:

08/25/2022 10:30:10 PM (9 months ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl (Moody) <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib

Children:

b92cf89

Parents:

f8a51225 (diff), b3f157c6 (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
Use the (diff) links above to see all the changes relative to each parent.

Message:

Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

Files:

• chapter05/glibc.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• chapter08/glibc.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter10/kernel.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter05/glibc.xml

@@ -207 +207 @@
       expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>echo 'int main(){}' &gt; dummy.c
-$LFS_TGT-gcc dummy.c
-readelf -l a.out | grep '/ld-linux'</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>echo 'int main(){}' | gcc -xc -
+readelf -l a.out | grep ld-linux</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors,
@@ -224 +223 @@
       continuing on.</para>
 
-      <para>Once all is well, clean up the test files:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>rm -v dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen>
+      <para>Once all is well, clean up the test file:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>rm -v a.out</userinput></screen>
 
     </caution>

chapter08/glibc.xml

@@ -456 +456 @@
     <para>By default, the dynamic loader (<filename
     class="libraryfile">/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>) searches through
-    <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename
-    class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for dynamic libraries that are
-    needed by programs as they are run. However, if there are libraries in
-    directories other than <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
+    <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for dynamic libraries
+    that are needed by programs as they are run. However, if there are
+    libraries in directories other than
     <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, these need to be added
     to the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file in order for the

chapter10/kernel.xml

@@ -150 +150 @@
        Pseudo filesystems  --->
         [*] Tmpfs POSIX Access Control Lists [CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL]</screen>
+
+      <para>Enable some additional features if you are building a 64-bit
+      system.  If you are using menuconfig, enable them in the order of
+      <parameter>CONFIG_PCI_MSI</parameter> first, then
+      <parameter>CONFIG_IRQ_REMAP</parameter>, at last
+      <parameter>CONFIG_X86_X2APIC</parameter> because an option only
+      shows up after its dependencies are selected.</para>
+
+      <screen role="nodump">Processor type and features ---&gt;
+  [*] Support x2apic [CONFIG_X86_X2APIC]
+Memory Management options  ---&gt;
+  [ ] Enable userfaultfd() system call [CONFIG_USERFAULTFD]
+Device Drivers ---&gt;
+  [*] PCI Support ---&gt; [CONFIG_PCI]
+    [*] Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI and MSI-X) [CONFIG_PCI_MSI]
+  [*] IOMMU Hardware Support ---&gt; [CONFIG_IOMMU_SUPPORT]
+    [*] Support for Interrupt Remapping [CONFIG_IRQ_REMAP]</screen>
     </note>
 
@@ -258 +275 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>Support x2apic</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Support running the interrupt controller of 64-bit x86
+          processors in x2APIC mode.  x2APIC may be enabled by firmware on
+          64-bit x86 systems, and a kernel without this option enabled will
+          panic on boot if x2APIC is enabled by firmware.  This option has
+          has no effect, but also does no harm if x2APIC is disabled by the
+          firmware.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>Enable userfaultfd() system call</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>If this option is enabled, a security vulnerability not
+          resolved in Linux-&linux-version; yet will be exploitable.
+          Disable this option to avoid the vulnerability.  This system call
+          is not used by any part of LFS or BLFS.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
     </variablelist>