source: boot/x86/kernel.xml@ cbfa0a3

Last change on this file since cbfa0a3 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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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 temporary cross-compiled kernel will be built. When
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
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 want 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='w'])"/>
120
121<screen os="w1"><userinput>cp System.map ${LFS}/boot/System.map-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
122
123 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
124 href="../../bootable/x86/kernel.xml"
125 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='x'])"/>
126
127<screen os="x1"><userinput>cp .config ${LFS}/boot/config-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
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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