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2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
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8<sect1 id="pre-foreword">
9  <?dbhtml filename="foreword.html"?>
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11  <title>Foreword</title>
12
13  <para>The Linux From Scratch Project has seen many changes in the
14  few years of its existance.  I personally became involved with the
15  project in 1999, around the time of the 2.x releases.  At that time,
16  the build process was to create static binaries with the host system,
17  then chroot and build the final binaries on top of the static ones.</para>
18
19  <para>Later came the use of the /static directory to hold the initial
20  static builds, keeping them separated from the final system, then
21  the PureLFS process developed by Ryan Oliver and Greg Schafer,
22  introducing a new toolchain build process that divorces even our initial
23  builds from the host.  Finally, LFS 6 bought Linux Kernel 2.6, the
24  udev dynamic device structure, sanitized kernel headers, and other
25  improvements to the Linux From Scratch system.</para>
26
27  <para>The one "flaw" in LFS is that it has always been based on a x86
28  class processor.  With the advent of the Athlon 64 and Intel EM64T
29  processors, the x86-only LFS is no longer ideal. Throughout this time,
30  Ryan Oliver developed and documented a process by which you could
31  build Linux for any system and from any system; by use of
32  cross-compilation techniques.  Thus,  the Cross LFS project was born.</para>
33
34  <para>CLFS follows the same guiding principles the LFS project has
35  always followed, e.g., knowing your system inside and out by virtue
36  of having built the system yourself.  Additionally, during a CLFS
37  build, you will learn advanced techniques such as cross-build toolchains,
38  multilib support (32 &amp; 64-bit libraries side-by-side), alternative
39  architectures such as Sparc, MIPS, and Alpha, and much more.</para>
40
41  <para>We hope you enjoy building your own CLFS system, and the benefits
42  that come from a system tailored to your needs!</para>
43
44<literallayout>--
45Jeremy Utley, CLFS 1.x Release Manager (Page Author)
46Jim Gifford, CLFS Project Co-leader
47Ryan Oliver, CLFS Project Co-leader
48Joe Ciccone, Justin Knierin, Chris Staub, Matt Darcy, Ken Moffat,
49Manuel Canales Esparcia, and Nathan Coulson - CLFS Developers</literallayout>
50
51</sect1>
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