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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - Linux kernel release 2.6.xx <http://kernel.org> + Linux kernel release 2.6.xx <http://kernel.org/> These are the release notes for Linux version 2.6. Read them carefully, as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the @@ -22,15 +22,17 @@ ON WHAT HARDWARE DOES IT RUN? Although originally developed first for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or higher), today Linux also runs on (at least) the Compaq Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC and - UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH, + UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH, Cell, IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64, DEC VAX, AMD x86-64, AXIS CRIS, - and Renesas M32R architectures. + Cris, Xtensa, AVR32 and Renesas M32R architectures. Linux is easily portable to most general-purpose 32- or 64-bit architectures as long as they have a paged memory management unit (PMMU) and a port of the GNU C compiler (gcc) (part of The GNU Compiler Collection, GCC). Linux has also been ported to a number of architectures without a PMMU, although functionality is then obviously somewhat limited. + Linux has also been ported to itself. You can now run the kernel as a + userspace application - this is called UserMode Linux (UML). DOCUMENTATION: @@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ INSTALLING the kernel: version 2.6.12.2 and want to jump to 2.6.12.3, you must first reverse the 2.6.12.2 patch (that is, patch -R) _before_ applying the 2.6.12.3 patch. + You can read more on this in Documentation/applying-patches.txt - Make sure you have no stale .o files and dependencies lying around: @@ -161,6 +164,7 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel: only ask you for the answers to new questions. - Alternate configuration commands are: + "make config" Plain text interface. "make menuconfig" Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs. "make xconfig" X windows (Qt) based configuration tool. "make gconfig" X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool. @@ -303,8 +307,9 @@ IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG: - If you compiled the kernel with CONFIG_KALLSYMS you can send the dump as is, otherwise you will have to use the "ksymoops" program to make - sense of the dump. This utility can be downloaded from - ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops. + sense of the dump (but compiling with CONFIG_KALLSYMS is usually preferred). + This utility can be downloaded from + ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/ . Alternately you can do the dump lookup by hand: - In debugging dumps like the above, it helps enormously if you can @@ -336,7 +341,7 @@ IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG: If you for some reason cannot do the above (you have a pre-compiled kernel image or similar), telling me as much about your setup as - possible will help. + possible will help. Please read the REPORTING-BUGS document for details. - Alternately, you can use gdb on a running kernel. (read-only; i.e. you cannot change values or set break points.) To do this, first compile the |
