| Message ID | 1582391968-3960-1-git-send-email-manbing3@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Documentation: update UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt | expand |
On 22/02/2020 17:19, Manbing wrote: > Original content is obsolete. Which is based on kernel 2.4.0-prerelease. > Updating content according to kernel 5.5.1. > > Signed-off-by: Manbing <manbing3@gmail.com> > --- > Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt | 42 +++++--------------------- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt > index 87b80f5..08ee28d 100644 > --- a/Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt > +++ b/Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ > User Mode Linux HOWTO > User Mode Linux Core Team > - Mon Nov 18 14:16:16 EST 2002 > + Mon Feb 10 08:27:24 EST 2020 > > This document describes the use and abuse of Jeff Dike's User Mode > Linux: a port of the Linux kernel as a normal Intel Linux process. > @@ -215,26 +215,17 @@ > > > Compiling the user mode kernel is just like compiling any other > - kernel. Let's go through the steps, using 2.4.0-prerelease (current > + kernel. Let's go through the steps, using 5.5.1 (current > as of this writing) as an example: > > > - 1. Download the latest UML patch from > - > - the download page <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/ > - > - In this example, the file is uml-patch-2.4.0-prerelease.bz2. > - > - > - 2. Download the matching kernel from your favourite kernel mirror, > + 1. Download the matching kernel from your favourite kernel mirror, > such as: > > - ftp://ftp.ca.kernel.org/pub/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.0-prerelease.tar.bz2 > - <ftp://ftp.ca.kernel.org/pub/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.0-prerelease.tar.bz2> > - . > + wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.5.1.tar.xz > > > - 3. Make a directory and unpack the kernel into it. > + 2. Make a directory and unpack the kernel into it. > > > > @@ -255,31 +246,14 @@ > > > host% > - tar -xzvf linux-2.4.0-prerelease.tar.bz2 > - > - > - > - > - > - > - 4. Apply the patch using > - > - > - > - host% > - cd ~/uml/linux > - > - > - > - host% > - bzcat uml-patch-2.4.0-prerelease.bz2 | patch -p1 > + tar xvf linux-5.5.1.tar.xz > > > > > > > - 5. Run your favorite config; `make xconfig ARCH=um' is the most > + 3. Run your favorite config; `make xconfig ARCH=um' is the most > convenient. `make config ARCH=um' and 'make menuconfig ARCH=um' > will work as well. The defaults will give you a useful kernel. If > you want to change something, go ahead, it probably won't hurt > @@ -293,7 +267,7 @@ > > > > - 6. Finish with `make linux ARCH=um': the result is a file called > + 4. Finish with `make linux ARCH=um': the result is a file called > `linux' in the top directory of your source tree. > > Make sure that you don't build this kernel in /usr/src/linux. On some > I am rewriting the whole thing at the moment. I will publish the finished sections for review at some point during the coming week. It needs to be rewritten from scratch, fixing a few things like this is not enough. Brgds,
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt index 87b80f5..08ee28d 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ User Mode Linux HOWTO User Mode Linux Core Team - Mon Nov 18 14:16:16 EST 2002 + Mon Feb 10 08:27:24 EST 2020 This document describes the use and abuse of Jeff Dike's User Mode Linux: a port of the Linux kernel as a normal Intel Linux process. @@ -215,26 +215,17 @@ Compiling the user mode kernel is just like compiling any other - kernel. Let's go through the steps, using 2.4.0-prerelease (current + kernel. Let's go through the steps, using 5.5.1 (current as of this writing) as an example: - 1. Download the latest UML patch from - - the download page <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/ - - In this example, the file is uml-patch-2.4.0-prerelease.bz2. - - - 2. Download the matching kernel from your favourite kernel mirror, + 1. Download the matching kernel from your favourite kernel mirror, such as: - ftp://ftp.ca.kernel.org/pub/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.0-prerelease.tar.bz2 - <ftp://ftp.ca.kernel.org/pub/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.0-prerelease.tar.bz2> - . + wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.5.1.tar.xz - 3. Make a directory and unpack the kernel into it. + 2. Make a directory and unpack the kernel into it. @@ -255,31 +246,14 @@ host% - tar -xzvf linux-2.4.0-prerelease.tar.bz2 - - - - - - - 4. Apply the patch using - - - - host% - cd ~/uml/linux - - - - host% - bzcat uml-patch-2.4.0-prerelease.bz2 | patch -p1 + tar xvf linux-5.5.1.tar.xz - 5. Run your favorite config; `make xconfig ARCH=um' is the most + 3. Run your favorite config; `make xconfig ARCH=um' is the most convenient. `make config ARCH=um' and 'make menuconfig ARCH=um' will work as well. The defaults will give you a useful kernel. If you want to change something, go ahead, it probably won't hurt @@ -293,7 +267,7 @@ - 6. Finish with `make linux ARCH=um': the result is a file called + 4. Finish with `make linux ARCH=um': the result is a file called `linux' in the top directory of your source tree. Make sure that you don't build this kernel in /usr/src/linux. On some
Original content is obsolete. Which is based on kernel 2.4.0-prerelease. Updating content according to kernel 5.5.1. Signed-off-by: Manbing <manbing3@gmail.com> --- Documentation/virt/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt | 42 +++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)