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Original content is obsolete.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@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
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,
--
Anton R. Ivanov
Cambridge Greys Limited, England and Wales company No 10273661
http://www.cambridgegreys.com/
