[oe-commits] Robert P. J. Day : User Manual: Warn readers about mmap and SELinux issue.

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Module: openembedded.git
Branch: org.openembedded.dev
Commit: f2b43d21cfb2696df8047604e447b5c9826ff9fd
URL:    http://gitweb.openembedded.net/?p=openembedded.git&a=commit;h=f2b43d21cfb2696df8047604e447b5c9826ff9fd

Author: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>
Date:   Tue Nov  3 23:11:19 2009 +0000

User Manual: Warn readers about mmap and SELinux issue.

On some Linux distros, if you set the kernel /proc file
/proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr to zero, you will probably get an SELinux
violation if you're running SELinux in enforcing mode.  Explain to the
reader how to get around that.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>
Signed-off-by: Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke at selfish.org>

---

 docs/usermanual/chapters/getting_oe.xml |    8 +++++++-
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/usermanual/chapters/getting_oe.xml b/docs/usermanual/chapters/getting_oe.xml
index 8d9c5b7..4ec5fec 100644
--- a/docs/usermanual/chapters/getting_oe.xml
+++ b/docs/usermanual/chapters/getting_oe.xml
@@ -257,7 +257,13 @@ MACHINE = "om-gta01"</screen>
         If your system does not provide
         the <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</filename> mechanism, you can try adding
         the above <command>echo</command> command line to
-        your <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>.
+        your <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>.  But that's not all.
+
+        On some systems (such as Fedora 11), changing that kernel setting
+        will cause an SELinux violation if you're running SELinux in enforcing
+        mode. If that's the case, you can either disable SELinux or run:
+
+        <screen>$ setsebool -P allow_unconfirmed_mmap_low 1</screen>
       </para>
     </note>