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diff --git a/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/CrossInstrumenting.xml b/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/CrossInstrumenting.xml index 07280100..cc451ec4 100644 --- a/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/CrossInstrumenting.xml +++ b/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/CrossInstrumenting.xml @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ <title>Configuring a Host System and Target Systems</title> <step> - <para>Configure <command>yum</command> on the <emphasis>host system</emphasis> to point to a repository containing the necessary debug RPMs for the <emphasis>target kernels</emphasis>. The following <command>yum</command> repository file (which you can add to <filename>/etc/yum.repos.d/</filename> points to a popular debug RPM repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5:</para> + <para>Configure <command>yum</command> on the <emphasis>host system</emphasis> to point to a repository containing the necessary debug RPMs for the <emphasis>target kernels</emphasis>. The following <command>yum</command> repository file (which you can add to <filename>/etc/yum.repos.d/</filename> points to a popular debug RPM repository for i386 systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5:</para> <screen> [rhel-debuginfo] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch - Debug @@ -119,10 +119,11 @@ enabled=1 <note> <title>Note</title> - <para>To determine the version of a running kernel, run <command>uname -r</command>. To determine the architecture notation of a running kernel, run <command>uname -m</command>.</para> + <para>To determine the architecture notation of a running kernel, run <command>uname -m</command>.</para> +<!-- <para>To determine the version of a running kernel, run <command>uname -r</command>. To determine the architecture notation of a running kernel, run <command>uname -m</command>.</para>--> </note> -<para>Once the the <emphasis>instrumentation module</emphasis>is compiled, copy it to the <emphasis>target system</emphasis> and load it using:</para> +<para>Once the the <emphasis>instrumentation module</emphasis> is compiled, copy it to the <emphasis>target system</emphasis> and load it using:</para> <para><command>staprun <replaceable>instrumentation</replaceable></command></para> @@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ enabled=1 <step> <para>Note the version of the target system's kernel on which you wish to use SystemTap. You can do this by logging onto the target system and running <command>uname -r</command> (assuming the system is running the kernel on which you wish to use SystemTap), or by inspecting <filename>/boot</filename>.</para> </step> --> - +<important> + <title>Important</title> + <para>The <emphasis>host system</emphasis> must be the same architecture as the <emphasis>target system</emphasis> in order for the <emphasis>instrumentation module</emphasis> to work.</para> +</important> </section>
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