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[a9e389d]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
[bd48e48]2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
[a9e389d]4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="pre-foreword">
9 <?dbhtml filename="foreword.html"?>
10
11 <title>Foreword</title>
12
13 <para>The Linux From Scratch Project has seen many changes in the
14 few years of its existence. I personally became involved with the
[3466794]15 project in 2000, around the time of the 3.x releases. At that time,
[a9e389d]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 an 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-Compiled LFS (CLFS) was
33 born.</para>
34
[3466794]35 <para>CLFS Embedded follows the same guiding principles the LFS project has
[a9e389d]36 always followed, e.g., knowing your system inside and out by virtue
[3466794]37 of having built the system yourself. Additionally, during a CLFS Embedded
[a9e389d]38 build, you will learn advanced techniques such as cross-build toolchains,
[dc26d74]39 and how to create a smaller footprint system supporting architectures
[9592071e]40 such as ARM and MIPS, in addition to x86.</para>
[a9e389d]41
[3466794]42 <para>We hope you enjoy building your own CLFS Embedded system, and the benefits
[a9e389d]43 that come from a system tailored to your needs.</para>
44
45<literallayout>--
[3466794]46Jim Gifford, CLFS Project Co-leader (Page Author)
[a9e389d]47Jeremy Utley, CLFS 1.x Release Manager (Page Author)
48Ryan Oliver, CLFS Project Co-leader
49Joe Ciccone, Justin Knierim, Chris Staub, Matt Darcy, Ken Moffat,
[3466794]50Maarten Lankhorst, Zack Winkles, Manuel Canales Esparcia,
[79d5954]51Nathan Coulson, and Andrew Bradford - CLFS Developers</literallayout>
[a9e389d]52
53</sect1>
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