Changeset 040521bc for BOOK/temp-system/common/choose.xml

Timestamp:

Sep 22, 2006, 8:30:38 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Jim Gifford <clfs@…>

Branches:

clfs-1.2, clfs-2.1, clfs-3.0.0-systemd, clfs-3.0.0-sysvinit, master, systemd, sysvinit

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8953f24

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Message:

Sync up with 1.0 Book

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• BOOK/temp-system/common/choose.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

BOOK/temp-system/common/choose.xml

@@ -16 +16 @@
   rest there. Alternatively, you can chroot into the temporary system.</para>
 
-  <para os="b">The boot method is for when you are building on a different
+  <para os="b">The boot method is needed when you are building on a different
   architecture. For example, if you are building a PowerPC system from
   an x86, you can't chroot. The chroot method is for when you are
@@ -34 +34 @@
   method.</para>
 
+  <para>To chroot, you will also need a Linux Kernel-2.6.x (having been
+  compiled with GCC-3.0 or greater). The reason for the kernel version
+  requirement is that, without it, thread-local storage support in Binutils
+  will not be built and the Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL) test suite
+  will segfault.</para>
+
+  <para>To check your kernel version, run <command>cat /proc/version</command>
+  - if it does not say that you are running a 2.6.2 or later Linux kernel,
+  compiled with GCC 3.0 or later, you cannot chroot.</para>
+
   <para os="e">For the boot method, follow <xref linkend="chapter-boot"/>.</para>