Hi,
here's a small patch which
- adds a few archs to the current list of supported platforms.
- adds a few missing slashes at the end of URLs.
- adds a few references to additional documentation.
- adds "make config" to the list of possible configuration targets.
- makes a few other minor changes.
Please consider for inclusion.
Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <[email protected]>
---
README | 17 +++++++++++------
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
diff --git a/README b/README
index 3e26472..b656f00 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -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 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
Jesper Juhl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> here's a small patch which
>
> - adds a few archs to the current list of supported platforms.
> - adds a few missing slashes at the end of URLs.
> - adds a few references to additional documentation.
> - adds "make config" to the list of possible configuration targets.
> - makes a few other minor changes.
>
> Please consider for inclusion.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> README | 17 +++++++++++------
> 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index 3e26472..b656f00 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -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,
>
And AVR32 as of 2.6.19 :)
> IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64, DEC VAX, AMD x86-64, AXIS CRIS,
> - and Renesas M32R architectures.
> + Cris, Xtensa 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
>
>
>
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On Thursday 07 December 2006 01:07, Ben Nizette wrote:
> Jesper Juhl wrote:
[...]
> > @@ -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,
> >
> And AVR32 as of 2.6.19 :)
Well, the list does say "(at least)" ;-) But sure, find an add-on patch below.
> > IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64, DEC VAX, AMD x86-64, AXIS CRIS,
> > - and Renesas M32R architectures.
> > + Cris, Xtensa and Renesas M32R architectures.
Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <[email protected]>
---
diff --git a/README b/README
index b656f00..c055615 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ON WHAT HARDWARE DOES IT RUN?
today Linux also runs on (at least) the Compaq Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC and
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,
- Cris, Xtensa 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
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