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Moved the host requirements page to the preface section of the book. (merged from trunk r6218)
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>June 29th, 2005 [archaic]: Moved the host requirements page to
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the preface section of the book.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>June 28th, 2005 [archaic]: Switched from mounting /dev on a
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ramfs to a tmpfs.</para></listitem>
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<?dbhtml filename="chapter05.html"?>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="introduction.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="hostreqs.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="toolchaintechnotes.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="binutils-pass1.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="gcc-pass1.xml"/>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="ch-tools-hostreqs">
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<title>Host System Requirements</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="hostreqs.html"?>
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<para>The host must be running at least a 2.6.2 kernel compiled with
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GCC-3.0 or higher. There are two main reasons for this high
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requirement. First, the Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL)
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test suite will segfault if the host's kernel has not been compiled with
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GCC-3.0 or a later version. Secondly, the 2.6.2 or later version of
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the kernel is required for the use of Udev. Udev creates devices
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dynamically by reading from the <systemitem
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class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> file system. However, support
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for this filesystem has only recently been implemented in most of
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the kernel drivers. We must be sure that all critical system devices
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get created properly.</para>
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<para>In order to determine whether the host kernel meets the
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requirements outlined above, run the following command:</para>
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<screen><userinput>cat /proc/version</userinput></screen>
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<para>This will produce output similar to:</para>
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<screen><computeroutput>Linux version 2.6.2 (user@host) (gcc version 3.4.0) #1
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Tue Apr 20 21:22:18 GMT 2004</computeroutput></screen>
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<para>If the results of the above command state that the host kernel
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was not compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or later) compiler, one will need to
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be compiled. The host system will then need to be rebooted to use the
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newly compiled kernel. Instructions for compiling the kernel and
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configuring the boot loader (assuming the host uses GRUB) are located
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in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para>
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</sect1>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!ENTITY version "TESTING-20050628">
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<!ENTITY releasedate "June 28, 2005">
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<!ENTITY version "TESTING-20050629">
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<!ENTITY releasedate "June 29, 2005">
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<!ENTITY milestone "6.1">
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<!ENTITY generic-version "testing"> <!-- Use "svn", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
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43
prologue/hostreqs.xml
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prologue/hostreqs.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="pre-hostreqs">
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<title>Host System Requirements</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="hostreqs.html"?>
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<para>The host must be running at least a 2.6.2 kernel compiled with GCC-3.0 or
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higher. There are two main reasons for this requirement. First, the Native POSIX
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Threading Library (NPTL) test suite will segfault if the host's kernel has not
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been compiled with GCC-3.0 or a later version. Secondly, the 2.6.2 or later
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version of the kernel is required for the use of Udev. Udev creates devices
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dynamically by reading from the <systemitem
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class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> file system. However, support for this
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filesystem has only recently been implemented in most of the kernel drivers. We
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must be sure that all critical system devices get created properly.</para>
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<para>In order to determine whether the host kernel meets the
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requirements outlined above, run the following command:</para>
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<screen><userinput>cat /proc/version</userinput></screen>
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<para>This will produce output similar to:</para>
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<screen><computeroutput>Linux version 2.6.2 (user@host) (gcc version 3.4.0) #1
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Tue Apr 20 21:22:18 GMT 2004</computeroutput></screen>
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<para>If the results of the above command do not state that the host kernel is
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either 2.6.2 (or later), or that it was not compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or later)
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compiler, one will need to be installed. There are two methods you can take to
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solve this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6.2 (or later) kernel
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package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor doesn't offer a 2.6.2
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(or later) kernel package, or you would prefer not to install it, then you can
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compile a 2.6 kernel yourself. Instructions for compiling the kernel and
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configuring the boot loader (assuming the host uses GRUB) are located in <xref
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linkend="chapter-bootable"/>. This second option can also been seen as a gauge
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of your current Linux skills. If this second requirement is too steep then the
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LFS book will not likely be much use to you at this time.</para>
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</sect1>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="foreword.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="audience.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="prerequisites.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="hostreqs.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="typography.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="organization.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="errata.xml"/>
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