source: boot/x86/kernel.xml@ 6069286

Last change on this file since 6069286 was 3ae6751, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r725@server (orig r723): manuel | 2005-11-19 10:00:15 -0800
Unifiying linux and linux-libc-headers package version entities. Boot chapter.

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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
11 <title>Linux-&linux-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-kernel">
14 <primary sortas="a-Linux">Linux</primary>
15 <secondary>boot</secondary>
16 </indexterm>
17
18 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
19 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
20 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@role='package'])"/>
21
22 <sect2 role="installation">
23 <title>Installation of the kernel</title>
24
25 <warning os="aa">
26 <para>Here a temporaly cross-compiled kernel will be builded. When
27 configuring it, select the minimal amount of options required to can
28 boot the target machine and build the final system. I.e., not support
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
51 <para os="ab">If your keyboard isn't an US one, you may whant to build
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
115<screen><userinput>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage ${LFS}/boot/lfskernel-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
116
117 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
118 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
119 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='x'])"/>
120
121<screen os="x1"><userinput>cp System.map ${LFS}/boot/System.map-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
122
123 </sect2>
124
125 <sect2 role="content">
126 <title/>
127
128 <para>Details on this package are located in <xref
129 linkend="contents-kernel" role="."/></para>
130
131 </sect2>
132
133</sect1>
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