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author | Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> | 2012-04-01 20:31:33 -0400 |
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committer | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2012-04-17 04:23:32 -0400 |
commit | a6144bb9e7b4c82f7366bd74f8beac826f5f6b7f (patch) | |
tree | 68fc3d8093bd5b5df84a85f1c904f41c52611c5c /README | |
parent | a20e3a795b1a1975f09f7f729ba2b6fc74f4a54a (diff) |
README: Better comma usage
For the most part, this commit simply introduces commas to
offset modifiers.
Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
-rw-r--r-- | README | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS | |||
137 | 137 | ||
138 | BUILD directory for the kernel: | 138 | BUILD directory for the kernel: |
139 | 139 | ||
140 | When compiling the kernel all output files will per default be | 140 | When compiling the kernel, all output files will per default be |
141 | stored together with the kernel source code. | 141 | stored together with the kernel source code. |
142 | Using the option "make O=output/dir" allow you to specify an alternate | 142 | Using the option "make O=output/dir" allow you to specify an alternate |
143 | place for the output files (including .config). | 143 | place for the output files (including .config). |
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ BUILD directory for the kernel: | |||
145 | kernel source code: /usr/src/linux-3.X | 145 | kernel source code: /usr/src/linux-3.X |
146 | build directory: /home/name/build/kernel | 146 | build directory: /home/name/build/kernel |
147 | 147 | ||
148 | To configure and build the kernel use: | 148 | To configure and build the kernel, use: |
149 | cd /usr/src/linux-3.X | 149 | cd /usr/src/linux-3.X |
150 | make O=/home/name/build/kernel menuconfig | 150 | make O=/home/name/build/kernel menuconfig |
151 | make O=/home/name/build/kernel | 151 | make O=/home/name/build/kernel |
152 | sudo make O=/home/name/build/kernel modules_install install | 152 | sudo make O=/home/name/build/kernel modules_install install |
153 | 153 | ||
154 | Please note: If the 'O=output/dir' option is used then it must be | 154 | Please note: If the 'O=output/dir' option is used, then it must be |
155 | used for all invocations of make. | 155 | used for all invocations of make. |
156 | 156 | ||
157 | CONFIGURING the kernel: | 157 | CONFIGURING the kernel: |
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ COMPILING the kernel: | |||
230 | possible to do "make install" if you have lilo installed to suit the | 230 | possible to do "make install" if you have lilo installed to suit the |
231 | kernel makefiles, but you may want to check your particular lilo setup first. | 231 | kernel makefiles, but you may want to check your particular lilo setup first. |
232 | 232 | ||
233 | To do the actual install you have to be root, but none of the normal | 233 | To do the actual install, you have to be root, but none of the normal |
234 | build should require that. Don't take the name of root in vain. | 234 | build should require that. Don't take the name of root in vain. |
235 | 235 | ||
236 | - If you configured any of the parts of the kernel as `modules', you | 236 | - If you configured any of the parts of the kernel as `modules', you |
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ COMPILING the kernel: | |||
238 | 238 | ||
239 | - Verbose kernel compile/build output: | 239 | - Verbose kernel compile/build output: |
240 | 240 | ||
241 | Normally the kernel build system runs in a fairly quiet mode (but not | 241 | Normally, the kernel build system runs in a fairly quiet mode (but not |
242 | totally silent). However, sometimes you or other kernel developers need | 242 | totally silent). However, sometimes you or other kernel developers need |
243 | to see compile, link, or other commands exactly as they are executed. | 243 | to see compile, link, or other commands exactly as they are executed. |
244 | For this, use "verbose" build mode. This is done by inserting | 244 | For this, use "verbose" build mode. This is done by inserting |
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ COMPILING the kernel: | |||
267 | - Booting a kernel directly from a floppy without the assistance of a | 267 | - Booting a kernel directly from a floppy without the assistance of a |
268 | bootloader such as LILO, is no longer supported. | 268 | bootloader such as LILO, is no longer supported. |
269 | 269 | ||
270 | If you boot Linux from the hard drive, chances are you use LILO which | 270 | If you boot Linux from the hard drive, chances are you use LILO, which |
271 | uses the kernel image as specified in the file /etc/lilo.conf. The | 271 | uses the kernel image as specified in the file /etc/lilo.conf. The |
272 | kernel image file is usually /vmlinuz, /boot/vmlinuz, /bzImage or | 272 | kernel image file is usually /vmlinuz, /boot/vmlinuz, /bzImage or |
273 | /boot/bzImage. To use the new kernel, save a copy of the old image | 273 | /boot/bzImage. To use the new kernel, save a copy of the old image |
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG: | |||
320 | incomprehensible to you, but it does contain information that may | 320 | incomprehensible to you, but it does contain information that may |
321 | help debugging the problem. The text above the dump is also | 321 | help debugging the problem. The text above the dump is also |
322 | important: it tells something about why the kernel dumped code (in | 322 | important: it tells something about why the kernel dumped code (in |
323 | the above example it's due to a bad kernel pointer). More information | 323 | the above example, it's due to a bad kernel pointer). More information |
324 | on making sense of the dump is in Documentation/oops-tracing.txt | 324 | on making sense of the dump is in Documentation/oops-tracing.txt |
325 | 325 | ||
326 | - If you compiled the kernel with CONFIG_KALLSYMS you can send the dump | 326 | - If you compiled the kernel with CONFIG_KALLSYMS you can send the dump |
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG: | |||
328 | sense of the dump (but compiling with CONFIG_KALLSYMS is usually preferred). | 328 | sense of the dump (but compiling with CONFIG_KALLSYMS is usually preferred). |
329 | This utility can be downloaded from | 329 | This utility can be downloaded from |
330 | ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/ . | 330 | ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/ . |
331 | Alternately you can do the dump lookup by hand: | 331 | Alternately, you can do the dump lookup by hand: |
332 | 332 | ||
333 | - In debugging dumps like the above, it helps enormously if you can | 333 | - In debugging dumps like the above, it helps enormously if you can |
334 | look up what the EIP value means. The hex value as such doesn't help | 334 | look up what the EIP value means. The hex value as such doesn't help |