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<title>Host system requirements</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="hostreqs.html"?>
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-<para>Due to the experimental nature of this book, the host must be running at
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-<emphasis>least</emphasis> a 2.6.2 kernel. The reasons for this high requirement
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-is the use of NPTL, but more importantly the use of udev. Udev creates devices
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-dynamically by reading from the sysfs file system. Only very recently has
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-support for this file system been implemented in most of the kernel drivers,
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-however. We must be sure that all the critical system devices get created
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-properly.</para>
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+<para>Due to the experimental nature of the current book, the host must be
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+running at <emphasis>least</emphasis> a 2.6.2 kernel. The reasons for this high
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+requirement is the use of NPTL, but more importantly the use of udev. Udev
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+creates devices dynamically by reading from the sysfs file system. Only very
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+recently has support for this file system been implemented in most of the kernel
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+drivers, however. We must be sure that all the critical system devices get
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+created properly.</para>
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<para>As for obtaining such a kernel, let's hope you distributor has provided
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a 2.6 kernel package for you. If so, install it. If not, you'll have to compile
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Zack Winkles