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  1 .. _changes:                                        1 .. _changes:
  2                                                     2 
  3 Minimal requirements to compile the Kernel     !!   3 Minimal requerements to compile the Kernel
  4 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++          4 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  5                                                     5 
  6 Intro                                               6 Intro
  7 =====                                               7 =====
  8                                                     8 
  9 This document is designed to provide a list of      9 This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum levels of
 10 software necessary to run the current kernel v !!  10 software necessary to run the 4.x kernels.
 11                                                    11 
 12 This document is originally based on my "Chang     12 This document is originally based on my "Changes" file for 2.0.x kernels
 13 and therefore owes credit to the same people a     13 and therefore owes credit to the same people as that file (Jared Mauch,
 14 Axel Boldt, Alessandro Sigala, and countless o     14 Axel Boldt, Alessandro Sigala, and countless other users all over the
 15 'net).                                             15 'net).
 16                                                    16 
 17 Current Minimal Requirements                       17 Current Minimal Requirements
 18 ****************************                       18 ****************************
 19                                                    19 
 20 Upgrade to at **least** these software revisio     20 Upgrade to at **least** these software revisions before thinking you've
 21 encountered a bug!  If you're unsure what vers     21 encountered a bug!  If you're unsure what version you're currently
 22 running, the suggested command should tell you     22 running, the suggested command should tell you.
 23                                                    23 
 24 Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you     24 Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you are already functionally
 25 running a Linux kernel.  Also, not all tools a     25 running a Linux kernel.  Also, not all tools are necessary on all
 26 systems; obviously, if you don't have any PC C !!  26 systems; obviously, if you don't have any ISDN hardware, for example,
 27 you probably needn't concern yourself with pcm !!  27 you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils.
 28                                                    28 
 29 ====================== ===============  ======     29 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 30         Program        Minimal version       C     30         Program        Minimal version       Command to check the version
 31 ====================== ===============  ======     31 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 32 GNU C                  5.1              gcc -- !!  32 GNU C                  3.2              gcc --version
 33 Clang/LLVM (optional)  13.0.1           clang  !!  33 GNU make               3.80             make --version
 34 Rust (optional)        1.78.0           rustc  !!  34 binutils               2.12             ld -v
 35 bindgen (optional)     0.65.1           bindge !!  35 util-linux             2.10o            fdformat --version
 36 GNU make               4.0              make - << 
 37 bash                   4.2              bash - << 
 38 binutils               2.25             ld -v  << 
 39 flex                   2.5.35           flex - << 
 40 bison                  2.0              bison  << 
 41 pahole                 1.16             pahole << 
 42 util-linux             2.10o            mount  << 
 43 kmod                   13               depmod     36 kmod                   13               depmod -V
 44 e2fsprogs              1.41.4           e2fsck     37 e2fsprogs              1.41.4           e2fsck -V
 45 jfsutils               1.1.3            fsck.j     38 jfsutils               1.1.3            fsck.jfs -V
 46 reiserfsprogs          3.6.3            reiser     39 reiserfsprogs          3.6.3            reiserfsck -V
 47 xfsprogs               2.6.0            xfs_db     40 xfsprogs               2.6.0            xfs_db -V
 48 squashfs-tools         4.0              mksqua     41 squashfs-tools         4.0              mksquashfs -version
 49 btrfs-progs            0.18             btrfsc     42 btrfs-progs            0.18             btrfsck
 50 pcmciautils            004              pccard     43 pcmciautils            004              pccardctl -V
 51 quota-tools            3.09             quota      44 quota-tools            3.09             quota -V
 52 PPP                    2.4.0            pppd -     45 PPP                    2.4.0            pppd --version
                                                   >>  46 isdn4k-utils           3.1pre1          isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version
 53 nfs-utils              1.0.5            showmo     47 nfs-utils              1.0.5            showmount --version
 54 procps                 3.2.0            ps --v     48 procps                 3.2.0            ps --version
                                                   >>  49 oprofile               0.9              oprofiled --version
 55 udev                   081              udevd      50 udev                   081              udevd --version
 56 grub                   0.93             grub -     51 grub                   0.93             grub --version || grub-install --version
 57 mcelog                 0.6              mcelog     52 mcelog                 0.6              mcelog --version
 58 iptables               1.4.2            iptabl     53 iptables               1.4.2            iptables -V
 59 openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openss     54 openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openssl version
 60 bc                     1.06.95          bc --v     55 bc                     1.06.95          bc --version
 61 Sphinx\ [#f1]_         2.4.4            sphinx !!  56 Sphinx\ [#f1]_         1.2              sphinx-build --version
 62 cpio                   any              cpio - << 
 63 GNU tar                1.28             tar -- << 
 64 gtags (optional)       6.6.5            gtags  << 
 65 mkimage (optional)     2017.01          mkimag << 
 66 Python (optional)      3.5.x            python << 
 67 GNU AWK (optional)     5.1.0            gawk - << 
 68 ====================== ===============  ======     57 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 69                                                    58 
 70 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Ke     59 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
 71                                                    60 
 72 Kernel compilation                                 61 Kernel compilation
 73 ******************                                 62 ******************
 74                                                    63 
 75 GCC                                                64 GCC
 76 ---                                                65 ---
 77                                                    66 
 78 The gcc version requirements may vary dependin     67 The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your
 79 computer.                                          68 computer.
 80                                                    69 
 81 Clang/LLVM (optional)                          << 
 82 ---------------------                          << 
 83                                                << 
 84 The latest formal release of clang and LLVM ut << 
 85 `releases.llvm.org <https://releases.llvm.org> << 
 86 kernels. Older releases aren't guaranteed to w << 
 87 from the kernel that were used to support olde << 
 88 docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM < << 
 89                                                << 
 90 Rust (optional)                                << 
 91 ---------------                                << 
 92                                                << 
 93 A recent version of the Rust compiler is requi << 
 94                                                << 
 95 Please see Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst  << 
 96 satisfy the build requirements of Rust support << 
 97 target ``rustavailable`` is useful to check wh << 
 98 be detected.                                   << 
 99                                                << 
100 bindgen (optional)                             << 
101 ------------------                             << 
102                                                << 
103 ``bindgen`` is used to generate the Rust bindi << 
104 It depends on ``libclang``.                    << 
105                                                << 
106 Make                                               70 Make
107 ----                                               71 ----
108                                                    72 
109 You will need GNU make 4.0 or later to build t !!  73 You will need GNU make 3.80 or later to build the kernel.
110                                                << 
111 Bash                                           << 
112 ----                                           << 
113                                                << 
114 Some bash scripts are used for the kernel buil << 
115 Bash 4.2 or newer is needed.                   << 
116                                                    74 
117 Binutils                                           75 Binutils
118 --------                                           76 --------
119                                                    77 
120 Binutils 2.25 or newer is needed to build the  !!  78 Linux on IA-32 has recently switched from using ``as86`` to using ``gas`` for
121                                                !!  79 assembling the 16-bit boot code, removing the need for ``as86`` to compile
122 pkg-config                                     !!  80 your kernel.  This change does, however, mean that you need a recent
123 ----------                                     !!  81 release of binutils.
124                                                << 
125 The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-con << 
126 kconfig tools and to determine flags settings  << 
127 'make {g,x}config'.  Previously pkg-config was << 
128 verified or documented.                        << 
129                                                << 
130 Flex                                           << 
131 ----                                           << 
132                                                << 
133 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates l << 
134 during build.  This requires flex 2.5.35 or la << 
135                                                << 
136                                                << 
137 Bison                                          << 
138 -----                                          << 
139                                                << 
140 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates p << 
141 during build.  This requires bison 2.0 or late << 
142                                                << 
143 pahole                                         << 
144 ------                                         << 
145                                                << 
146 Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is s << 
147 generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in  << 
148 modules as well.  This requires pahole v1.16 o << 
149                                                << 
150 It is found in the 'dwarves' or 'pahole' distr << 
151 https://fedorapeople.org/~acme/dwarves/.       << 
152                                                    82 
153 Perl                                               83 Perl
154 ----                                               84 ----
155                                                    85 
156 You will need perl 5 and the following modules     86 You will need perl 5 and the following modules: ``Getopt::Long``,
157 ``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``Fil     87 ``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``File::Find`` to build the kernel.
158                                                    88 
159 BC                                                 89 BC
160 --                                                 90 --
161                                                    91 
162 You will need bc to build kernels 3.10 and hig     92 You will need bc to build kernels 3.10 and higher
163                                                    93 
164                                                    94 
165 OpenSSL                                            95 OpenSSL
166 -------                                            96 -------
167                                                    97 
168 Module signing and external certificate handli     98 Module signing and external certificate handling use the OpenSSL program and
169 crypto library to do key creation and signatur     99 crypto library to do key creation and signature generation.
170                                                   100 
171 You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and    101 You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and higher if module signing is
172 enabled.  You will also need openssl developme    102 enabled.  You will also need openssl development packages to build kernels 4.3
173 and higher.                                       103 and higher.
174                                                   104 
175 Tar                                            << 
176 ---                                            << 
177                                                << 
178 GNU tar is needed if you want to enable access << 
179 (CONFIG_IKHEADERS).                            << 
180                                                << 
181 gtags / GNU GLOBAL (optional)                  << 
182 -----------------------------                  << 
183                                                << 
184 The kernel build requires GNU GLOBAL version 6 << 
185 tag files through ``make gtags``.  This is due << 
186 ``-C (--directory)`` flag.                     << 
187                                                << 
188 mkimage                                        << 
189 -------                                        << 
190                                                << 
191 This tool is used when building a Flat Image T << 
192 platforms. The tool is available via the ``u-b << 
193 built from the U-Boot source code. See the ins << 
194 https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/build/tools. << 
195                                                << 
196 GNU AWK                                        << 
197 -------                                        << 
198                                                << 
199 GNU AWK is needed if you want kernel builds to << 
200 builtin modules (CONFIG_BUILTIN_MODULE_RANGES) << 
201                                                   105 
202 System utilities                                  106 System utilities
203 ****************                                  107 ****************
204                                                   108 
205 Architectural changes                             109 Architectural changes
206 ---------------------                             110 ---------------------
207                                                   111 
208 DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev        112 DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev
209 (https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel !! 113 (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/)
210                                                   114 
211 32-bit UID support is now in place.  Have fun!    115 32-bit UID support is now in place.  Have fun!
212                                                   116 
213 Linux documentation for functions is transitio    117 Linux documentation for functions is transitioning to inline
214 documentation via specially-formatted comments    118 documentation via specially-formatted comments near their
215 definitions in the source.  These comments can !! 119 definitions in the source.  These comments can be combined with the
216 files the Documentation/ directory to make enr !! 120 SGML templates in the Documentation/DocBook directory to make DocBook
217 then be converted to PostScript, HTML, LaTex,  !! 121 files, which can then be converted by DocBook stylesheets to PostScript,
218 In order to convert from ReST format to a form !! 122 HTML, PDF files, and several other formats.  In order to convert from
219 Sphinx.                                        !! 123 DocBook format to a format of your choice, you'll need to install Jade as
                                                   >> 124 well as the desired DocBook stylesheets.
220                                                   125 
221 Util-linux                                        126 Util-linux
222 ----------                                        127 ----------
223                                                   128 
224 New versions of util-linux provide ``fdisk`` s    129 New versions of util-linux provide ``fdisk`` support for larger disks,
225 support new options to mount, recognize more s    130 support new options to mount, recognize more supported partition
226 types, and similar goodies.                    !! 131 types, have a fdformat which works with 2.4 kernels, and similar goodies.
227 You'll probably want to upgrade.                  132 You'll probably want to upgrade.
228                                                   133 
229 Ksymoops                                          134 Ksymoops
230 --------                                          135 --------
231                                                   136 
232 If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oop    137 If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oopses, you may need the
233 ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases     138 ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases you don't.
234 It is generally preferred to build the kernel     139 It is generally preferred to build the kernel with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` so
235 that it produces readable dumps that can be us    140 that it produces readable dumps that can be used as-is (this also
236 produces better output than ksymoops).  If for    141 produces better output than ksymoops).  If for some reason your kernel
237 is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you     142 is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you have no way to rebuild and
238 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you     143 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still decode that Oops
239 with ksymoops.                                    144 with ksymoops.
240                                                   145 
241 Mkinitrd                                          146 Mkinitrd
242 --------                                          147 --------
243                                                   148 
244 These changes to the ``/lib/modules`` file tre    149 These changes to the ``/lib/modules`` file tree layout also require that
245 mkinitrd be upgraded.                             150 mkinitrd be upgraded.
246                                                   151 
247 E2fsprogs                                         152 E2fsprogs
248 ---------                                         153 ---------
249                                                   154 
250 The latest version of ``e2fsprogs`` fixes seve    155 The latest version of ``e2fsprogs`` fixes several bugs in fsck and
251 debugfs.  Obviously, it's a good idea to upgra    156 debugfs.  Obviously, it's a good idea to upgrade.
252                                                   157 
253 JFSutils                                          158 JFSutils
254 --------                                          159 --------
255                                                   160 
256 The ``jfsutils`` package contains the utilitie    161 The ``jfsutils`` package contains the utilities for the file system.
257 The following utilities are available:            162 The following utilities are available:
258                                                   163 
259 - ``fsck.jfs`` - initiate replay of the transa    164 - ``fsck.jfs`` - initiate replay of the transaction log, and check
260   and repair a JFS formatted partition.           165   and repair a JFS formatted partition.
261                                                   166 
262 - ``mkfs.jfs`` - create a JFS formatted partit    167 - ``mkfs.jfs`` - create a JFS formatted partition.
263                                                   168 
264 - other file system utilities are also availab    169 - other file system utilities are also available in this package.
265                                                   170 
266 Reiserfsprogs                                     171 Reiserfsprogs
267 -------------                                     172 -------------
268                                                   173 
269 The reiserfsprogs package should be used for r    174 The reiserfsprogs package should be used for reiserfs-3.6.x
270 (Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined packag    175 (Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined package and contains working
271 versions of ``mkreiserfs``, ``resize_reiserfs`    176 versions of ``mkreiserfs``, ``resize_reiserfs``, ``debugreiserfs`` and
272 ``reiserfsck``. These utils work on both i386     177 ``reiserfsck``. These utils work on both i386 and alpha platforms.
273                                                   178 
274 Xfsprogs                                          179 Xfsprogs
275 --------                                          180 --------
276                                                   181 
277 The latest version of ``xfsprogs`` contains ``    182 The latest version of ``xfsprogs`` contains ``mkfs.xfs``, ``xfs_db``, and the
278 ``xfs_repair`` utilities, among others, for th    183 ``xfs_repair`` utilities, among others, for the XFS filesystem.  It is
279 architecture independent and any version from     184 architecture independent and any version from 2.0.0 onward should
280 work correctly with this version of the XFS ke    185 work correctly with this version of the XFS kernel code (2.6.0 or
281 later is recommended, due to some significant     186 later is recommended, due to some significant improvements).
282                                                   187 
283 PCMCIAutils                                       188 PCMCIAutils
284 -----------                                       189 -----------
285                                                   190 
286 PCMCIAutils replaces ``pcmcia-cs``. It properl    191 PCMCIAutils replaces ``pcmcia-cs``. It properly sets up
287 PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the    192 PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the appropriate modules
288 for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is mod    193 for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is modularized and the hotplug
289 subsystem is used.                                194 subsystem is used.
290                                                   195 
291 Quota-tools                                       196 Quota-tools
292 -----------                                       197 -----------
293                                                   198 
294 Support for 32 bit uid's and gid's is required    199 Support for 32 bit uid's and gid's is required if you want to use
295 the newer version 2 quota format.  Quota-tools    200 the newer version 2 quota format.  Quota-tools version 3.07 and
296 newer has this support.  Use the recommended v    201 newer has this support.  Use the recommended version or newer
297 from the table above.                             202 from the table above.
298                                                   203 
299 Intel IA32 microcode                              204 Intel IA32 microcode
300 --------------------                              205 --------------------
301                                                   206 
302 A driver has been added to allow updating of I    207 A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode,
303 accessible as a normal (misc) character device    208 accessible as a normal (misc) character device.  If you are not using
304 udev you may need to::                            209 udev you may need to::
305                                                   210 
306   mkdir /dev/cpu                                  211   mkdir /dev/cpu
307   mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184               212   mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184
308   chmod 0644 /dev/cpu/microcode                   213   chmod 0644 /dev/cpu/microcode
309                                                   214 
310 as root before you can use this.  You'll proba    215 as root before you can use this.  You'll probably also want to
311 get the user-space microcode_ctl utility to us    216 get the user-space microcode_ctl utility to use with this.
312                                                   217 
313 udev                                              218 udev
314 ----                                              219 ----
315                                                   220 
316 ``udev`` is a userspace application for popula    221 ``udev`` is a userspace application for populating ``/dev`` dynamically with
317 only entries for devices actually present. ``u    222 only entries for devices actually present. ``udev`` replaces the basic
318 functionality of devfs, while allowing persist    223 functionality of devfs, while allowing persistent device naming for
319 devices.                                          224 devices.
320                                                   225 
321 FUSE                                              226 FUSE
322 ----                                              227 ----
323                                                   228 
324 Needs libfuse 2.4.0 or later.  Absolute minimu    229 Needs libfuse 2.4.0 or later.  Absolute minimum is 2.3.0 but mount
325 options ``direct_io`` and ``kernel_cache`` won    230 options ``direct_io`` and ``kernel_cache`` won't work.
326                                                   231 
327 Networking                                        232 Networking
328 **********                                        233 **********
329                                                   234 
330 General changes                                   235 General changes
331 ---------------                                   236 ---------------
332                                                   237 
333 If you have advanced network configuration nee    238 If you have advanced network configuration needs, you should probably
334 consider using the network tools from ip-route    239 consider using the network tools from ip-route2.
335                                                   240 
336 Packet Filter / NAT                               241 Packet Filter / NAT
337 -------------------                               242 -------------------
338 The packet filtering and NAT code uses the sam    243 The packet filtering and NAT code uses the same tools like the previous 2.4.x
339 kernel series (iptables).  It still includes b    244 kernel series (iptables).  It still includes backwards-compatibility modules
340 for 2.2.x-style ipchains and 2.0.x-style ipfwa    245 for 2.2.x-style ipchains and 2.0.x-style ipfwadm.
341                                                   246 
342 PPP                                               247 PPP
343 ---                                               248 ---
344                                                   249 
345 The PPP driver has been restructured to suppor    250 The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to
346 enable it to operate over diverse media layers    251 enable it to operate over diverse media layers.  If you use PPP,
347 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.                   252 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.
348                                                   253 
349 If you are not using udev, you must have the d    254 If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
350 which can be made by::                            255 which can be made by::
351                                                   256 
352   mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0                          257   mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
353                                                   258 
354 as root.                                          259 as root.
355                                                   260 
                                                   >> 261 Isdn4k-utils
                                                   >> 262 ------------
                                                   >> 263 
                                                   >> 264 Due to changes in the length of the phone number field, isdn4k-utils
                                                   >> 265 needs to be recompiled or (preferably) upgraded.
                                                   >> 266 
356 NFS-utils                                         267 NFS-utils
357 ---------                                         268 ---------
358                                                   269 
359 In ancient (2.4 and earlier) kernels, the nfs     270 In ancient (2.4 and earlier) kernels, the nfs server needed to know
360 about any client that expected to be able to a    271 about any client that expected to be able to access files via NFS.  This
361 information would be given to the kernel by ``    272 information would be given to the kernel by ``mountd`` when the client
362 mounted the filesystem, or by ``exportfs`` at     273 mounted the filesystem, or by ``exportfs`` at system startup.  exportfs
363 would take information about active clients fr    274 would take information about active clients from ``/var/lib/nfs/rmtab``.
364                                                   275 
365 This approach is quite fragile as it depends o    276 This approach is quite fragile as it depends on rmtab being correct
366 which is not always easy, particularly when tr    277 which is not always easy, particularly when trying to implement
367 fail-over.  Even when the system is working we    278 fail-over.  Even when the system is working well, ``rmtab`` suffers from
368 getting lots of old entries that never get rem    279 getting lots of old entries that never get removed.
369                                                   280 
370 With modern kernels we have the option of havi    281 With modern kernels we have the option of having the kernel tell mountd
371 when it gets a request from an unknown host, a    282 when it gets a request from an unknown host, and mountd can give
372 appropriate export information to the kernel.     283 appropriate export information to the kernel.  This removes the
373 dependency on ``rmtab`` and means that the ker    284 dependency on ``rmtab`` and means that the kernel only needs to know about
374 currently active clients.                         285 currently active clients.
375                                                   286 
376 To enable this new functionality, you need to:    287 To enable this new functionality, you need to::
377                                                   288 
378   mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd                289   mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd
379                                                   290 
380 before running exportfs or mountd.  It is reco    291 before running exportfs or mountd.  It is recommended that all NFS
381 services be protected from the internet-at-lar    292 services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where
382 that is possible.                                 293 that is possible.
383                                                   294 
384 mcelog                                            295 mcelog
385 ------                                            296 ------
386                                                   297 
387 On x86 kernels the mcelog utility is needed to    298 On x86 kernels the mcelog utility is needed to process and log machine check
388 events when ``CONFIG_X86_MCE`` is enabled. Mac    299 events when ``CONFIG_X86_MCE`` is enabled. Machine check events are errors
389 reported by the CPU. Processing them is strong    300 reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged.
390                                                   301 
391 Kernel documentation                              302 Kernel documentation
392 ********************                              303 ********************
393                                                   304 
394 Sphinx                                            305 Sphinx
395 ------                                            306 ------
396                                                   307 
397 Please see :ref:`sphinx_install` in :ref:`Docu !! 308 The ReST markups currently used by the Documentation/ files are meant to be
398 for details about Sphinx requirements.         !! 309 built with ``Sphinx`` version 1.2 or upper. If you're desiring to build
                                                   >> 310 PDF outputs, it is recommended to use version 1.4.6.
                                                   >> 311 
                                                   >> 312 .. note::
                                                   >> 313 
                                                   >> 314   Please notice that, for PDF and LaTeX output, you'll also need ``XeLaTeX``
                                                   >> 315   version 3.14159265. Depending on the distribution, you may also need
                                                   >> 316   to install a series of ``texlive`` packages that provide the minimal
                                                   >> 317   set of functionalities required for ``XeLaTex`` to work.
399                                                   318 
400 rustdoc                                        !! 319 Other tools
401 -------                                        !! 320 -----------
402                                                   321 
403 ``rustdoc`` is used to generate the documentat !! 322 In order to produce documentation from DocBook, you'll also need ``xmlto``.
404 Documentation/rust/general-information.rst for !! 323 Please notice, however, that we're currently migrating all documents to use
                                                   >> 324 ``Sphinx``.
405                                                   325 
406 Getting updated software                          326 Getting updated software
407 ========================                          327 ========================
408                                                   328 
409 Kernel compilation                                329 Kernel compilation
410 ******************                                330 ******************
411                                                   331 
412 gcc                                               332 gcc
413 ---                                               333 ---
414                                                   334 
415 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>                    335 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>
416                                                   336 
417 Clang/LLVM                                     << 
418 ----------                                     << 
419                                                << 
420 - :ref:`Getting LLVM <getting_llvm>`.          << 
421                                                << 
422 Rust                                           << 
423 ----                                           << 
424                                                << 
425 - Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst.          << 
426                                                << 
427 bindgen                                        << 
428 -------                                        << 
429                                                << 
430 - Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst.          << 
431                                                << 
432 Make                                              337 Make
433 ----                                              338 ----
434                                                   339 
435 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/>                   340 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/>
436                                                   341 
437 Bash                                           << 
438 ----                                           << 
439                                                << 
440 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/>                << 
441                                                << 
442 Binutils                                          342 Binutils
443 --------                                          343 --------
444                                                   344 
445 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binu !! 345 - <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/>
446                                                << 
447 Flex                                           << 
448 ----                                           << 
449                                                << 
450 - <https://github.com/westes/flex/releases>    << 
451                                                << 
452 Bison                                          << 
453 -----                                          << 
454                                                << 
455 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/>               << 
456                                                   346 
457 OpenSSL                                           347 OpenSSL
458 -------                                           348 -------
459                                                   349 
460 - <https://www.openssl.org/>                      350 - <https://www.openssl.org/>
461                                                   351 
462 System utilities                                  352 System utilities
463 ****************                                  353 ****************
464                                                   354 
465 Util-linux                                        355 Util-linux
466 ----------                                        356 ----------
467                                                   357 
468 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util !! 358 - <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>
469                                                   359 
470 Kmod                                              360 Kmod
471 ----                                              361 ----
472                                                   362 
473 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern    363 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/>
474 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel    364 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git>
475                                                   365 
476 Ksymoops                                          366 Ksymoops
477 --------                                          367 --------
478                                                   368 
479 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern !! 369 - <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/>
480                                                   370 
481 Mkinitrd                                          371 Mkinitrd
482 --------                                          372 --------
483                                                   373 
484 - <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/mai    374 - <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/main>
485                                                   375 
486 E2fsprogs                                         376 E2fsprogs
487 ---------                                         377 ---------
488                                                   378 
489 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/peo !! 379 - <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.29.tar.gz>
490 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fs << 
491                                                   380 
492 JFSutils                                          381 JFSutils
493 --------                                          382 --------
494                                                   383 
495 - <https://jfs.sourceforge.net/>               !! 384 - <http://jfs.sourceforge.net/>
496                                                   385 
497 Reiserfsprogs                                     386 Reiserfsprogs
498 -------------                                     387 -------------
499                                                   388 
500 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel !! 389 - <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/reiserfs/>
501                                                   390 
502 Xfsprogs                                          391 Xfsprogs
503 --------                                          392 --------
504                                                   393 
505 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfspr !! 394 - <ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/>
506 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/x << 
507                                                   395 
508 Pcmciautils                                       396 Pcmciautils
509 -----------                                       397 -----------
510                                                   398 
511 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern !! 399 - <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/>
512                                                   400 
513 Quota-tools                                       401 Quota-tools
514 -----------                                       402 -----------
515                                                   403 
516 - <https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota !! 404 - <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota/>
                                                   >> 405 
                                                   >> 406 DocBook Stylesheets
                                                   >> 407 -------------------
                                                   >> 408 
                                                   >> 409 - <http://sourceforge.net/projects/docbook/files/docbook-dsssl/>
                                                   >> 410 
                                                   >> 411 XMLTO XSLT Frontend
                                                   >> 412 -------------------
517                                                   413 
                                                   >> 414 - <http://cyberelk.net/tim/xmlto/>
518                                                   415 
519 Intel P6 microcode                                416 Intel P6 microcode
520 ------------------                                417 ------------------
521                                                   418 
522 - <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/>             419 - <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/>
523                                                   420 
524 udev                                              421 udev
525 ----                                              422 ----
526                                                   423 
527 - <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/system !! 424 - <http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/udev.html>
528                                                   425 
529 FUSE                                              426 FUSE
530 ----                                              427 ----
531                                                   428 
532 - <https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases !! 429 - <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse>
533                                                   430 
534 mcelog                                            431 mcelog
535 ------                                            432 ------
536                                                   433 
537 - <https://www.mcelog.org/>                    !! 434 - <http://www.mcelog.org/>
538                                                << 
539 cpio                                           << 
540 ----                                           << 
541                                                << 
542 - <https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/>         << 
543                                                   435 
544 Networking                                        436 Networking
545 **********                                        437 **********
546                                                   438 
547 PPP                                               439 PPP
548 ---                                               440 ---
549                                                   441 
550 - <https://download.samba.org/pub/ppp/>        !! 442 - <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/>
551 - <https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git>          !! 443 
552 - <https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/>         !! 444 Isdn4k-utils
                                                   >> 445 ------------
                                                   >> 446 
                                                   >> 447 - <ftp://ftp.isdn4linux.de/pub/isdn4linux/utils/>
553                                                   448 
554 NFS-utils                                         449 NFS-utils
555 ---------                                         450 ---------
556                                                   451 
557 - <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p !! 452 - <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14>
558 - <https://nfs.sourceforge.net/>               << 
559                                                   453 
560 Iptables                                          454 Iptables
561 --------                                          455 --------
562                                                   456 
563 - <https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/ind !! 457 - <http://www.iptables.org/downloads.html>
564                                                   458 
565 Ip-route2                                         459 Ip-route2
566 ---------                                         460 ---------
567                                                   461 
568 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/    462 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/>
569                                                   463 
570 OProfile                                          464 OProfile
571 --------                                          465 --------
572                                                   466 
573 - <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>          !! 467 - <http://oprofile.sf.net/download/>
                                                   >> 468 
                                                   >> 469 NFS-Utils
                                                   >> 470 ---------
                                                   >> 471 
                                                   >> 472 - <http://nfs.sourceforge.net/>
574                                                   473 
575 Kernel documentation                              474 Kernel documentation
576 ********************                              475 ********************
577                                                   476 
578 Sphinx                                            477 Sphinx
579 ------                                            478 ------
580                                                   479 
581 - <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/>                !! 480 - <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/>
                                                      

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