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diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 9844ca3a71a6..62951cdb13ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -29,24 +29,23 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils. ====================== =============== ======================================== Program Minimal version Command to check the version ====================== =============== ======================================== -GNU C 5.1 gcc --version -Clang/LLVM (optional) 11.0.0 clang --version -Rust (optional) 1.62.0 rustc --version -bindgen (optional) 0.56.0 bindgen --version -GNU make 3.82 make --version +GNU C 8.1 gcc --version +Clang/LLVM (optional) 15.0.0 clang --version +Rust (optional) 1.78.0 rustc --version +bindgen (optional) 0.65.1 bindgen --version +GNU make 4.0 make --version bash 4.2 bash --version -binutils 2.23 ld -v +binutils 2.30 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version bison 2.0 bison --version pahole 1.16 pahole --version -util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version +util-linux 2.10o mount --version kmod 13 depmod -V e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V jfsutils 1.1.3 fsck.jfs -V -reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 reiserfsck -V xfsprogs 2.6.0 xfs_db -V squashfs-tools 4.0 mksquashfs -version -btrfs-progs 0.18 btrfsck +btrfs-progs 0.18 btrfs --version pcmciautils 004 pccardctl -V quota-tools 3.09 quota -V PPP 2.4.0 pppd --version @@ -58,8 +57,12 @@ mcelog 0.6 mcelog --version iptables 1.4.2 iptables -V openssl & libcrypto 1.0.0 openssl version bc 1.06.95 bc --version -Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 1.7 sphinx-build --version -cpio any cpio --version +Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 3.4.3 sphinx-build --version +GNU tar 1.28 tar --version +gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version +mkimage (optional) 2017.01 mkimage --version +Python 3.9.x python3 --version +GNU AWK (optional) 5.1.0 gawk --version ====================== =============== ======================================== .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation @@ -85,14 +88,7 @@ docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <kbuild_llvm>`. Rust (optional) --------------- -A particular version of the Rust toolchain is required. Newer versions may or -may not work because the kernel depends on some unstable Rust features, for -the moment. - -Each Rust toolchain comes with several "components", some of which are required -(like ``rustc``) and some that are optional. The ``rust-src`` component (which -is optional) needs to be installed to build the kernel. Other components are -useful for developing. +A recent version of the Rust compiler is required. Please see Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst for instructions on how to satisfy the build requirements of Rust support. In particular, the ``Makefile`` @@ -108,7 +104,7 @@ It depends on ``libclang``. Make ---- -You will need GNU make 3.82 or later to build the kernel. +You will need GNU make 4.0 or later to build the kernel. Bash ---- @@ -119,7 +115,7 @@ Bash 4.2 or newer is needed. Binutils -------- -Binutils 2.23 or newer is needed to build the kernel. +Binutils 2.30 or newer is needed to build the kernel. pkg-config ---------- @@ -142,8 +138,8 @@ Bison Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates parsers during build. This requires bison 2.0 or later. -pahole: -------- +pahole +------ Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is selected, the build system generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in vmlinux, a bit later from kernel @@ -158,6 +154,13 @@ Perl You will need perl 5 and the following modules: ``Getopt::Long``, ``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``File::Find`` to build the kernel. +Python +------ + +Several config options require it: it is required for arm/arm64 +default configs, CONFIG_LTO_CLANG, some DRM optional configs, +the kernel-doc tool, and docs build (Sphinx), among others. + BC -- @@ -174,6 +177,32 @@ You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and higher if module signing is enabled. You will also need openssl development packages to build kernels 4.3 and higher. +Tar +--- + +GNU tar is needed if you want to enable access to the kernel headers via sysfs +(CONFIG_IKHEADERS). + +gtags / GNU GLOBAL (optional) +----------------------------- + +The kernel build requires GNU GLOBAL version 6.6.5 or later to generate +tag files through ``make gtags``. This is due to its use of the gtags +``-C (--directory)`` flag. + +mkimage +------- + +This tool is used when building a Flat Image Tree (FIT), commonly used on ARM +platforms. The tool is available via the ``u-boot-tools`` package or can be +built from the U-Boot source code. See the instructions at +https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/build/tools.html#building-tools-for-linux + +GNU AWK +------- + +GNU AWK is needed if you want kernel builds to generate address range data for +builtin modules (CONFIG_BUILTIN_MODULE_RANGES). System utilities **************** @@ -199,7 +228,7 @@ Util-linux New versions of util-linux provide ``fdisk`` support for larger disks, support new options to mount, recognize more supported partition -types, have a fdformat which works with 2.4 kernels, and similar goodies. +types, and similar goodies. You'll probably want to upgrade. Ksymoops @@ -239,14 +268,6 @@ The following utilities are available: - other file system utilities are also available in this package. -Reiserfsprogs -------------- - -The reiserfsprogs package should be used for reiserfs-3.6.x -(Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined package and contains working -versions of ``mkreiserfs``, ``resize_reiserfs``, ``debugreiserfs`` and -``reiserfsck``. These utils work on both i386 and alpha platforms. - Xfsprogs -------- @@ -468,12 +489,7 @@ E2fsprogs JFSutils -------- -- <http://jfs.sourceforge.net/> - -Reiserfsprogs -------------- - -- <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeffm/reiserfsprogs.git/> +- <https://jfs.sourceforge.net/> Xfsprogs -------- @@ -489,7 +505,7 @@ Pcmciautils Quota-tools ----------- -- <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota/> +- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota/> Intel P6 microcode @@ -510,12 +526,7 @@ FUSE mcelog ------ -- <http://www.mcelog.org/> - -cpio ----- - -- <https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/> +- <https://www.mcelog.org/> Networking ********** @@ -530,7 +541,8 @@ PPP NFS-utils --------- -- <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14> +- <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14> +- <https://nfs.sourceforge.net/> Iptables -------- @@ -545,12 +557,7 @@ Ip-route2 OProfile -------- -- <http://oprofile.sf.net/download/> - -NFS-Utils ---------- - -- <http://nfs.sourceforge.net/> +- <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/> Kernel documentation ******************** |