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diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index ddc029734b25..61f918b10a0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils. ====================== =============== ======================================== Program Minimal version Command to check the version ====================== =============== ======================================== -GNU C 3.2 gcc --version +GNU C 4.6 gcc --version GNU make 3.81 make --version binutils 2.20 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version bison 2.0 bison --version util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version -module-init-tools 0.9.10 depmod -V +kmod 13 depmod -V e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V jfsutils 1.1.3 fsck.jfs -V reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 reiserfsck -V @@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ The build system has, as of 4.13, switched to using thin archives (`ar T`) rather than incremental linking (`ld -r`) for built-in.a intermediate steps. This requires binutils 2.20 or newer. +pkg-config +---------- + +The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-config to check for installed +kconfig tools and to determine flags settings for use in +'make {menu,n,g,x}config'. Previously pkg-config was being used but not +verified or documented. + Flex ---- @@ -156,12 +164,6 @@ is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you have no way to rebuild and reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still decode that Oops with ksymoops. -Module-Init-Tools ------------------ - -A new module loader is now in the kernel that requires ``module-init-tools`` -to use. It is backward compatible with the 2.4.x series kernels. - Mkinitrd -------- @@ -371,16 +373,17 @@ Util-linux - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/> +Kmod +---- + +- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/> +- <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git> + Ksymoops -------- - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/> -Module-Init-Tools ------------------ - -- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/module-init-tools/> - Mkinitrd -------- |