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diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 5685d7bfe4d0..b14bd5b7cbc9 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils. ====================== =============== ======================================== Program Minimal version Command to check the version ====================== =============== ======================================== -GNU C 5.1 gcc --version +GNU C 8.1 gcc --version Clang/LLVM (optional) 13.0.1 clang --version Rust (optional) 1.78.0 rustc --version bindgen (optional) 0.65.1 bindgen --version -GNU make 3.82 make --version +GNU make 4.0 make --version bash 4.2 bash --version -binutils 2.25 ld -v +binutils 2.30 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version bison 2.0 bison --version pahole 1.16 pahole --version @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 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 @@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ 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]_ 2.4.4 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 (optional) 3.9.x python3 --version +GNU AWK (optional) 5.1.0 gawk --version ====================== =============== ======================================== .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation @@ -88,14 +89,7 @@ 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`` @@ -111,7 +105,7 @@ 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 ---- @@ -122,7 +116,7 @@ Bash 4.2 or newer is needed. Binutils -------- -Binutils 2.25 or newer is needed to build the kernel. +Binutils 2.30 or newer is needed to build the kernel. pkg-config ---------- @@ -198,6 +192,12 @@ 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 **************** @@ -535,11 +535,6 @@ mcelog - <https://www.mcelog.org/> -cpio ----- - -- <https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/> - Networking ********** |