Patch for install.texi
Andreas Jaeger
aj@suse.de
Thu May 10 11:15:00 GMT 2001
We should clarify that 2.2 is really minimal. I'll commit this
tomorrow unless somebody finds errors or complains,
Andreas
2001-05-10 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* manual/install.texi (Linux): Clarify that Linux 2.2 is minimal
requirement.
============================================================
Index: manual/install.texi
--- manual/install.texi 2001/04/19 20:13:55 1.53
+++ manual/install.texi 2001/05/10 18:01:47
@@ -495,12 +495,14 @@
@cindex upgrading from libc5
@cindex kernel header files
-If you are installing GNU libc on a Linux system, you need to have
-the header files from a 2.2 kernel around for reference. You do not
-need to use the 2.2 kernel, just have its headers where glibc can access
-at them. The easiest way to do this is to unpack it in a directory
-such as @file{/usr/src/linux-2.2.1}. In that directory, run
-@samp{make config} and accept all the defaults. Then run @samp{make
+If you are installing GNU libc on a Linux system, you need to have the
+header files from a 2.2 or newer kernel around for reference. For some
+architectures, like ia64, sh and hppa, you need at least headers from
+kernel 2.3.99 (sh and hppa) or 2.4.0 (ia64). You do not need to use
+that kernel, just have its headers where glibc can access at them. The
+easiest way to do this is to unpack it in a directory such as
+@file{/usr/src/linux-2.2.1}. In that directory, run @samp{make config}
+and accept all the defaults. Then run @samp{make
include/linux/version.h}. Finally, configure glibc with the option
@samp{--with-headers=/usr/src/linux-2.2.1/include}. Use the most recent
kernel you can get your hands on.
--
Andreas Jaeger
SuSE Labs aj@suse.de
private aj@arthur.inka.de
http://www.suse.de/~aj
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