source: boot/x86/kernel.xml@ 75e10d2

Last change on this file since 75e10d2 was cbfa0a3, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r974@server (orig r972): jim | 2005-12-28 21:29:16 -0800

r1216@server: jim | 2005-12-28 21:26:31 -0800
Text Updates from Chris Staub. Thank you


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[bf8c11f]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-boot-kernel" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="kernel.html"?>
10
[3ae6751]11 <title>Linux-&linux-version;</title>
[bf8c11f]12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-kernel">
14 <primary sortas="a-Linux">Linux</primary>
15 <secondary>boot</secondary>
16 </indexterm>
17
[c4b671e]18 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
19 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
20 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@role='package'])"/>
[bf8c11f]21
22 <sect2 role="installation">
23 <title>Installation of the kernel</title>
24
25 <warning os="aa">
[f32f537]26 <para>Here a temporary cross-compiled kernel will be built. When
[cbfa0a3]27 configuring it, select the minimal amount of options required to
28 boot the target machine and build the final system. I.e., no support
[bf8c11f]29 for sound, printers, etc. will be needed.</para>
30
31 <para>Also, try to avoid the use of modules if possible, and don't
32 use the resulting kernel image for production systems.</para>
33 </warning>
34
35 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
36 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
37 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='a'])"/>
38
39 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
40 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
41 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='b'])"/>
42
43 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
44 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
45 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='c'])"/>
46
47 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
48 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
49 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='d'])"/>
50
[f32f537]51 <para os="ab">If your keyboard isn't an US one, you may want to build
[bf8c11f]52 the proper keymap for your keyboard layout inside the kernel. Do it by
53 running the following command:</para>
54
55 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
56 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
57 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='f'])"/>
58
59 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
60 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
61 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='g'])"/>
62
63 <para os="ac">Also, ensure that the kernel does not attempt to pass
64 hotplugging events to userspace until userspace specifies that it is
65 ready:</para>
66
67<screen os="ad"><userinput>cp kernel/kmod.c{,.bak}
68sed 's@/sbin/hotplug@/bin/true@' kernel/kmod.c.bak > kernel/kmod.c</userinput></screen>
69
70 <para os="ae">Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface:</para>
71
72<screen><userinput>make ARCH=i386 CROSS_COMPILE=${LFS_TARGET}- menuconfig</userinput></screen>
73
74 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
75 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
76 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='l'])"/>
77
78 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
79 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
80 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='m'])"/>
81
82<screen><userinput>make ARCH=i386 CROSS_COMPILE=${LFS_TARGET}-</userinput></screen>
83
84 <para os="af">If the use of kernel modules can't be avoided, an
85 <filename>${LFS}/etc/modprobe.conf</filename> file may be needed.
86 Information pertaining to modules and kernel configuration is
87 located in the kernel documentation in the <filename
88 class="directory">Documentation</filename> directory of the kernel
89 sources tree. The <filename>modprobe.conf</filename> man page may also
90 be of interest.</para>
91
92 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
93 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
94 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='p'])"/>
95
96 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
97 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
98 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='q'])"/>
99
100 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
101 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
102 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='s'])"/>
103
104<screen><userinput>make ARCH=i386 CROSS_COMPILE=${LFS_TARGET}- \
105 INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${LFS} modules_install</userinput></screen>
106
107 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
108 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
109 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='u'])"/>
110
111 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
112 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
113 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='v'])"/>
114
[3ae6751]115<screen><userinput>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage ${LFS}/boot/lfskernel-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
[bf8c11f]116
[0993dfa]117 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
118 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
119 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='w'])"/>
120
121<screen os="w1"><userinput>cp System.map ${LFS}/boot/System.map-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
122
[bf8c11f]123 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
124 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
125 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='x'])"/>
126
[0993dfa]127<screen os="x1"><userinput>cp .config ${LFS}/boot/config-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
[bf8c11f]128
129 </sect2>
130
131 <sect2 role="content">
132 <title/>
133
134 <para>Details on this package are located in <xref
135 linkend="contents-kernel" role="."/></para>
136
137 </sect2>
138
139</sect1>
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