Original content is obsolete.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@xxxxxxxxx> --- 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 -- 2.7.4
