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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
  2. <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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  4. <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
  5. %general-entities;
  6. ]>
  7. <sect1 id="ch-bootable-kernel" role="wrap">
  8. <?dbhtml filename="kernel.html"?>
  9. <sect1info condition="script">
  10. <productname>linux</productname>
  11. <productnumber>&linux-version;</productnumber>
  12. <address>&linux-url;</address>
  13. </sect1info>
  14. <title>Linux-&linux-version;</title>
  15. <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel">
  16. <primary sortas="a-Linux">Linux</primary>
  17. </indexterm>
  18. <sect2 role="package">
  19. <title/>
  20. <para>The Linux package contains the Linux kernel.</para>
  21. <segmentedlist>
  22. <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  23. <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  24. <seglistitem>
  25. <seg>&linux-ch8-sbu;</seg>
  26. <seg>&linux-ch8-du;</seg>
  27. </seglistitem>
  28. </segmentedlist>
  29. </sect2>
  30. <sect2 role="installation">
  31. <title>Installation of the kernel</title>
  32. <para>Building the kernel involves a few steps&mdash;configuration,
  33. compilation, and installation. Read the <filename>README</filename> file
  34. in the kernel source tree for alternative methods to the way this book
  35. configures the kernel.</para>
  36. <para>Prepare for compilation by running the following command:</para>
  37. <screen><userinput remap="pre">make mrproper</userinput></screen>
  38. <para>This ensures that the kernel tree is absolutely clean. The
  39. kernel team recommends that this command be issued prior to each
  40. kernel compilation. Do not rely on the source tree being clean after
  41. un-tarring.</para>
  42. <!-- Support for compiling a keymap into the kernel is deliberately removed -->
  43. <para>Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface. For general
  44. information on kernel configuration see <ulink
  45. url="&hints-root;kernel-configuration.txt"/>. BLFS has some information
  46. regarding particular kernel configuration requirements of packages outside
  47. of LFS at <ulink
  48. url="&blfs-root;view/svn/longindex.html#kernel-config-index"/>:</para>
  49. <screen role="nodump"><userinput>make LANG=<replaceable>&lt;host_LANG_value&gt;</replaceable> LC_ALL= menuconfig</userinput></screen>
  50. <variablelist>
  51. <title>The meaning of the make parameters:</title>
  52. <varlistentry>
  53. <term><parameter>LANG=&lt;host_LANG_value&gt; LC_ALL=</parameter></term>
  54. <listitem>
  55. <para>This establishes the locale setting to the one used on the host.
  56. This is needed for a proper menuconfig ncurses interface line
  57. drawing on UTF-8 linux text console.</para>
  58. <para>Be sure to replace <replaceable>&lt;host_LANG_value&gt;</replaceable>
  59. by the value of the <envar>$LANG</envar> variable from your host.
  60. If not set, you could use instead the host's value of <envar>$LC_ALL</envar>
  61. or <envar>$LC_CTYPE</envar>.</para>
  62. </listitem>
  63. </varlistentry>
  64. </variablelist>
  65. <para>Alternatively, <command>make oldconfig</command> may be more
  66. appropriate in some situations. See the <filename>README</filename>
  67. file for more information.</para>
  68. <para>If desired, skip kernel configuration by copying the kernel
  69. config file, <filename>.config</filename>, from the host system
  70. (assuming it is available) to the unpacked <filename
  71. class="directory">linux-&linux-version;</filename> directory. However,
  72. we do not recommend this option. It is often better to explore all the
  73. configuration menus and create the kernel configuration from
  74. scratch.</para>
  75. <para>Compile the kernel image and modules:</para>
  76. <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  77. <para>If using kernel modules, module configuration in <filename
  78. class="directory">/etc/modprobe.d</filename> may be required.
  79. Information pertaining to modules and kernel configuration is
  80. located in <xref linkend="ch-scripts-udev"/> and in the kernel
  81. documentation in the <filename
  82. class="directory">linux-&linux-version;/Documentation</filename> directory.
  83. Also, <filename>modprobe.conf(5)</filename> may be of interest.</para>
  84. <para>Install the modules, if the kernel configuration uses them:</para>
  85. <screen><userinput remap="install">make modules_install</userinput></screen>
  86. <para>After kernel compilation is complete, additional steps are
  87. required to complete the installation. Some files need to be copied to
  88. the <filename class="directory">/boot</filename> directory.</para>
  89. <para>The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform being
  90. used. The filename below can be changed to suit your taste, but the stem of
  91. the filename should be <emphasis>vmlinux</emphasis> to be compatible with
  92. the automatic setup of the boot process described in the next section. The
  93. following command assumes an x86 architecture:</para>
  94. <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinux-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;</userinput></screen>
  95. <para><filename>System.map</filename> is a symbol file for the kernel.
  96. It maps the function entry points of every function in the kernel API,
  97. as well as the addresses of the kernel data structures for the running
  98. kernel. It is used as a resource when investigating kernel problems.
  99. Issue the following command to install the map file:</para>
  100. <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v System.map /boot/System.map-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
  101. <para>The kernel configuration file <filename>.config</filename>
  102. produced by the <command>make menuconfig</command> step
  103. above contains all the configuration selections for the kernel
  104. that was just compiled. It is a good idea to keep this file for future
  105. reference:</para>
  106. <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v .config /boot/config-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
  107. <para>Install the documentation for the Linux kernel:</para>
  108. <screen><userinput remap="install">install -d /usr/share/doc/linux-&linux-version;
  109. cp -r Documentation/* /usr/share/doc/linux-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
  110. <para>It is important to note that the files in the kernel source
  111. directory are not owned by <emphasis>root</emphasis>. Whenever a
  112. package is unpacked as user <emphasis>root</emphasis> (like we did
  113. inside chroot), the files have the user and group IDs of whatever
  114. they were on the packager's computer. This is usually not a problem
  115. for any other package to be installed because the source tree is
  116. removed after the installation. However, the Linux source tree is
  117. often retained for a long time. Because of this, there is a chance
  118. that whatever user ID the packager used will be assigned to somebody
  119. on the machine. That person would then have write access to the kernel
  120. source.</para>
  121. <para>If the kernel source tree is going to be retained, run
  122. <command>chown -R 0:0</command> on the <filename
  123. class="directory">linux-&linux-version;</filename> directory to ensure
  124. all files are owned by user <emphasis>root</emphasis>.</para>
  125. <warning>
  126. <para>Some kernel documentation recommends creating a symlink from
  127. <filename class="symlink">/usr/src/linux</filename> pointing to the kernel
  128. source directory. This is specific to kernels prior to the 2.6 series and
  129. <emphasis>must not</emphasis> be created on an LFS system as it can cause
  130. problems for packages you may wish to build once your base LFS system is
  131. complete.</para>
  132. </warning>
  133. <warning>
  134. <para>The headers in the system's
  135. <filename class="directory">include</filename> directory should
  136. <emphasis>always</emphasis> be the ones against which Glibc was compiled,
  137. that is, the sanitised headers from this Linux kernel tarball.
  138. Therefore, they should <emphasis>never</emphasis> be replaced by either
  139. the raw kernel headers or any other kernel sanitized headers.</para>
  140. </warning>
  141. </sect2>
  142. <sect2 id="conf-modprobe" role="configuration">
  143. <title>Configuring Linux Module Load Order</title>
  144. <indexterm zone="conf-modprobe">
  145. <primary sortas="e-/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf">/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</primary>
  146. </indexterm>
  147. <para>The <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</filename> file needs to be
  148. created so that if the USB drivers (ehci_hcd, ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd) have
  149. been built as modules, they will be loaded in the correct order; ehci_hcd
  150. needs to be loaded prior to ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd in order to avoid a
  151. warning being output at boot time.</para>
  152. <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</filename> by running
  153. the following:</para>
  154. <screen><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /etc/modprobe.d
  155. cat &gt; /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
  156. <literal># Begin /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf
  157. install ohci_hcd /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd ; /sbin/modprobe -i ohci_hcd ; true
  158. install uhci_hcd /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd ; /sbin/modprobe -i uhci_hcd ; true
  159. # End /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</literal>
  160. EOF</userinput></screen>
  161. </sect2>
  162. <sect2 id="contents-kernel" role="content">
  163. <title>Contents of Linux</title>
  164. <segmentedlist>
  165. <segtitle>Installed files</segtitle>
  166. <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
  167. <seglistitem>
  168. <seg>config-&linux-version;,
  169. vmlinux-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;-&linux-version;, and
  170. System.map-&linux-version;</seg>
  171. <seg>/lib/modules, /usr/share/doc/linux-&linux-version;</seg>
  172. </seglistitem>
  173. </segmentedlist>
  174. <variablelist>
  175. <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  176. <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  177. <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  178. <varlistentry id="config">
  179. <term><filename>config-&linux-version;</filename></term>
  180. <listitem>
  181. <para>Contains all the configuration selections for the kernel</para>
  182. <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel config">
  183. <primary sortas="e-/boot/config">/boot/config-&linux-version;</primary>
  184. </indexterm>
  185. </listitem>
  186. </varlistentry>
  187. <varlistentry id="lfskernel">
  188. <term><filename>vmlinux-&linux-version;-lfs-&version;</filename></term>
  189. <listitem>
  190. <para>The engine of the Linux system. When turning on the computer,
  191. the kernel is the first part of the operating system that gets loaded.
  192. It detects and initializes all components of the computer's hardware,
  193. then makes these components available as a tree of files to the
  194. software and turns a single CPU into a multitasking machine capable
  195. of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time</para>
  196. <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel lfskernel">
  197. <primary sortas="b-lfskernel">lfskernel-&linux-version;</primary>
  198. </indexterm>
  199. </listitem>
  200. </varlistentry>
  201. <varlistentry id="System.map">
  202. <term><filename>System.map-&linux-version;</filename></term>
  203. <listitem>
  204. <para>A list of addresses and symbols; it maps the entry points and
  205. addresses of all the functions and data structures in the
  206. kernel</para>
  207. <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-kernel System.map">
  208. <primary sortas="e-/boot/System.map">/boot/System.map-&linux-version;</primary>
  209. </indexterm>
  210. </listitem>
  211. </varlistentry>
  212. </variablelist>
  213. </sect2>
  214. </sect1>