[FE training-materials-updates] Cosmetic improvements and better explanations

michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com
Mon Jun 4 07:10:54 CEST 2012


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http://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials/commit/?id=fd2633b5c8b5b27d358b7e647e7f1b1a456f316a

commit fd2633b5c8b5b27d358b7e647e7f1b1a456f316a
Author: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
Date:   Mon Jun 4 07:10:40 2012 +0200

    Cosmetic improvements and better explanations
    
    Explained what goldfish is before using the term.

diff --git a/labs/android-boot/android-boot.tex b/labs/android-boot/android-boot.tex
index 8648574..3a3aa45 100644
--- a/labs/android-boot/android-boot.tex
+++ b/labs/android-boot/android-boot.tex
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ After this lab, you will be able to:
 
 Go to the \code{/home/<user>/felabs/android/kernel} directory.
 
-\section{Compile a kernel for the goldfish platform}
+\section{Compile a kernel for the Android emulator}
+
+The Android emulator uses QEMU to create a virtual ARM9 SoC called Goldfish.
 
 In the standard Android source code we fetched, the kernel source is not included.
 So the first thing to do is download the Android kernel sources.
@@ -24,8 +26,8 @@ Android provides one. First, add the toolchain to your path.
 
 \code{export PATH=$(pwd)/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.3/bin:$PATH}
 
-The platform for the emulator is called goldfish. Using Git, find the latest
-kernel for this platform and switch to this branch with the command 
+Using Git, find the latest kernel for the Goldfish platform
+and switch to this branch with the command 
 
 \code{git checkout <branch>}.
 
diff --git a/labs/setup/setup.tex b/labs/setup/setup.tex
index d4f06a5..b287706 100644
--- a/labs/setup/setup.tex
+++ b/labs/setup/setup.tex
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ Can be useful throughout any of the labs
 
 \item If you ran commands from a root shell by mistake, your regular
   user may no longer be able to handle the corresponding generated
-  files. In this case, use the chown -R command to give back the new
-  files to your regular user.\\
-  Example: \code{chown -R myuser.myuser linux-2.6.25}
+  files. In this case, use the \code{chown -R} command to give the new
+  files back to your regular user.\\
+  Example: \code{chown -R myuser.myuser linux-3.4}
 
 \item In Debian, Ubuntu and other derivatives, don't be surprised if
   you cannot run graphical applications as root. You could set the
-  DISPLAY variable to the same setting as for your regular user, but
+  \code{DISPLAY} variable to the same setting as for your regular user, but
   again, it's unnecessary and unsafe to run graphical applications as
   root.
 

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Summary of changes:
 labs/android-boot/android-boot.tex |    8 +++++---
 labs/setup/setup.tex               |    8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)


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