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  2                                                     2 
  3 Minimal requirements to compile the Kernel          3 Minimal requirements 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 PC Card hardware, for example,
 27 you probably needn't concern yourself with pcm     27 you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils.
 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                  4.6              gcc --version
 33 Clang/LLVM (optional)  13.0.1           clang  !!  33 GNU make               3.81             make --version
 34 Rust (optional)        1.78.0           rustc  !!  34 binutils               2.21             ld -v
 35 bindgen (optional)     0.65.1           bindge << 
 36 GNU make               4.0              make - << 
 37 bash                   4.2              bash - << 
 38 binutils               2.25             ld -v  << 
 39 flex                   2.5.35           flex -     35 flex                   2.5.35           flex --version
 40 bison                  2.0              bison      36 bison                  2.0              bison --version
 41 pahole                 1.16             pahole !!  37 util-linux             2.10o            fdformat --version
 42 util-linux             2.10o            mount  << 
 43 kmod                   13               depmod     38 kmod                   13               depmod -V
 44 e2fsprogs              1.41.4           e2fsck     39 e2fsprogs              1.41.4           e2fsck -V
 45 jfsutils               1.1.3            fsck.j     40 jfsutils               1.1.3            fsck.jfs -V
 46 reiserfsprogs          3.6.3            reiser     41 reiserfsprogs          3.6.3            reiserfsck -V
 47 xfsprogs               2.6.0            xfs_db     42 xfsprogs               2.6.0            xfs_db -V
 48 squashfs-tools         4.0              mksqua     43 squashfs-tools         4.0              mksquashfs -version
 49 btrfs-progs            0.18             btrfsc     44 btrfs-progs            0.18             btrfsck
 50 pcmciautils            004              pccard     45 pcmciautils            004              pccardctl -V
 51 quota-tools            3.09             quota      46 quota-tools            3.09             quota -V
 52 PPP                    2.4.0            pppd -     47 PPP                    2.4.0            pppd --version
 53 nfs-utils              1.0.5            showmo     48 nfs-utils              1.0.5            showmount --version
 54 procps                 3.2.0            ps --v     49 procps                 3.2.0            ps --version
                                                   >>  50 oprofile               0.9              oprofiled --version
 55 udev                   081              udevd      51 udev                   081              udevd --version
 56 grub                   0.93             grub -     52 grub                   0.93             grub --version || grub-install --version
 57 mcelog                 0.6              mcelog     53 mcelog                 0.6              mcelog --version
 58 iptables               1.4.2            iptabl     54 iptables               1.4.2            iptables -V
 59 openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openss     55 openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openssl version
 60 bc                     1.06.95          bc --v     56 bc                     1.06.95          bc --version
 61 Sphinx\ [#f1]_         2.4.4            sphinx !!  57 Sphinx\ [#f1]_         1.3              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 ====================== ===============  ======     58 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 69                                                    59 
 70 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Ke     60 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
 71                                                    61 
 72 Kernel compilation                                 62 Kernel compilation
 73 ******************                                 63 ******************
 74                                                    64 
 75 GCC                                                65 GCC
 76 ---                                                66 ---
 77                                                    67 
 78 The gcc version requirements may vary dependin     68 The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your
 79 computer.                                          69 computer.
 80                                                    70 
 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                                               71 Make
107 ----                                               72 ----
108                                                    73 
109 You will need GNU make 4.0 or later to build t !!  74 You will need GNU make 3.81 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                                                    75 
117 Binutils                                           76 Binutils
118 --------                                           77 --------
119                                                    78 
120 Binutils 2.25 or newer is needed to build the  !!  79 Binutils 2.21 or newer is needed to build the kernel.
121                                                    80 
122 pkg-config                                         81 pkg-config
123 ----------                                         82 ----------
124                                                    83 
125 The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-con     84 The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-config to check for installed
126 kconfig tools and to determine flags settings      85 kconfig tools and to determine flags settings for use in
127 'make {g,x}config'.  Previously pkg-config was     86 'make {g,x}config'.  Previously pkg-config was being used but not
128 verified or documented.                            87 verified or documented.
129                                                    88 
130 Flex                                               89 Flex
131 ----                                               90 ----
132                                                    91 
133 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates l     92 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates lexical analyzers
134 during build.  This requires flex 2.5.35 or la     93 during build.  This requires flex 2.5.35 or later.
135                                                    94 
136                                                    95 
137 Bison                                              96 Bison
138 -----                                              97 -----
139                                                    98 
140 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates p     99 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates parsers
141 during build.  This requires bison 2.0 or late    100 during build.  This requires bison 2.0 or later.
142                                                   101 
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                                                << 
153 Perl                                              102 Perl
154 ----                                              103 ----
155                                                   104 
156 You will need perl 5 and the following modules    105 You will need perl 5 and the following modules: ``Getopt::Long``,
157 ``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``Fil    106 ``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``File::Find`` to build the kernel.
158                                                   107 
159 BC                                                108 BC
160 --                                                109 --
161                                                   110 
162 You will need bc to build kernels 3.10 and hig    111 You will need bc to build kernels 3.10 and higher
163                                                   112 
164                                                   113 
165 OpenSSL                                           114 OpenSSL
166 -------                                           115 -------
167                                                   116 
168 Module signing and external certificate handli    117 Module signing and external certificate handling use the OpenSSL program and
169 crypto library to do key creation and signatur    118 crypto library to do key creation and signature generation.
170                                                   119 
171 You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and    120 You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and higher if module signing is
172 enabled.  You will also need openssl developme    121 enabled.  You will also need openssl development packages to build kernels 4.3
173 and higher.                                       122 and higher.
174                                                   123 
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                                                   124 
202 System utilities                                  125 System utilities
203 ****************                                  126 ****************
204                                                   127 
205 Architectural changes                             128 Architectural changes
206 ---------------------                             129 ---------------------
207                                                   130 
208 DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev        131 DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev
209 (https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel !! 132 (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/)
210                                                   133 
211 32-bit UID support is now in place.  Have fun!    134 32-bit UID support is now in place.  Have fun!
212                                                   135 
213 Linux documentation for functions is transitio    136 Linux documentation for functions is transitioning to inline
214 documentation via specially-formatted comments    137 documentation via specially-formatted comments near their
215 definitions in the source.  These comments can    138 definitions in the source.  These comments can be combined with ReST
216 files the Documentation/ directory to make enr    139 files the Documentation/ directory to make enriched documentation, which can
217 then be converted to PostScript, HTML, LaTex,     140 then be converted to PostScript, HTML, LaTex, ePUB and PDF files.
218 In order to convert from ReST format to a form    141 In order to convert from ReST format to a format of your choice, you'll need
219 Sphinx.                                           142 Sphinx.
220                                                   143 
221 Util-linux                                        144 Util-linux
222 ----------                                        145 ----------
223                                                   146 
224 New versions of util-linux provide ``fdisk`` s    147 New versions of util-linux provide ``fdisk`` support for larger disks,
225 support new options to mount, recognize more s    148 support new options to mount, recognize more supported partition
226 types, and similar goodies.                    !! 149 types, have a fdformat which works with 2.4 kernels, and similar goodies.
227 You'll probably want to upgrade.                  150 You'll probably want to upgrade.
228                                                   151 
229 Ksymoops                                          152 Ksymoops
230 --------                                          153 --------
231                                                   154 
232 If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oop    155 If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oopses, you may need the
233 ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases     156 ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases you don't.
234 It is generally preferred to build the kernel     157 It is generally preferred to build the kernel with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` so
235 that it produces readable dumps that can be us    158 that it produces readable dumps that can be used as-is (this also
236 produces better output than ksymoops).  If for    159 produces better output than ksymoops).  If for some reason your kernel
237 is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you     160 is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you have no way to rebuild and
238 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you     161 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still decode that Oops
239 with ksymoops.                                    162 with ksymoops.
240                                                   163 
241 Mkinitrd                                          164 Mkinitrd
242 --------                                          165 --------
243                                                   166 
244 These changes to the ``/lib/modules`` file tre    167 These changes to the ``/lib/modules`` file tree layout also require that
245 mkinitrd be upgraded.                             168 mkinitrd be upgraded.
246                                                   169 
247 E2fsprogs                                         170 E2fsprogs
248 ---------                                         171 ---------
249                                                   172 
250 The latest version of ``e2fsprogs`` fixes seve    173 The latest version of ``e2fsprogs`` fixes several bugs in fsck and
251 debugfs.  Obviously, it's a good idea to upgra    174 debugfs.  Obviously, it's a good idea to upgrade.
252                                                   175 
253 JFSutils                                          176 JFSutils
254 --------                                          177 --------
255                                                   178 
256 The ``jfsutils`` package contains the utilitie    179 The ``jfsutils`` package contains the utilities for the file system.
257 The following utilities are available:            180 The following utilities are available:
258                                                   181 
259 - ``fsck.jfs`` - initiate replay of the transa    182 - ``fsck.jfs`` - initiate replay of the transaction log, and check
260   and repair a JFS formatted partition.           183   and repair a JFS formatted partition.
261                                                   184 
262 - ``mkfs.jfs`` - create a JFS formatted partit    185 - ``mkfs.jfs`` - create a JFS formatted partition.
263                                                   186 
264 - other file system utilities are also availab    187 - other file system utilities are also available in this package.
265                                                   188 
266 Reiserfsprogs                                     189 Reiserfsprogs
267 -------------                                     190 -------------
268                                                   191 
269 The reiserfsprogs package should be used for r    192 The reiserfsprogs package should be used for reiserfs-3.6.x
270 (Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined packag    193 (Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined package and contains working
271 versions of ``mkreiserfs``, ``resize_reiserfs`    194 versions of ``mkreiserfs``, ``resize_reiserfs``, ``debugreiserfs`` and
272 ``reiserfsck``. These utils work on both i386     195 ``reiserfsck``. These utils work on both i386 and alpha platforms.
273                                                   196 
274 Xfsprogs                                          197 Xfsprogs
275 --------                                          198 --------
276                                                   199 
277 The latest version of ``xfsprogs`` contains ``    200 The latest version of ``xfsprogs`` contains ``mkfs.xfs``, ``xfs_db``, and the
278 ``xfs_repair`` utilities, among others, for th    201 ``xfs_repair`` utilities, among others, for the XFS filesystem.  It is
279 architecture independent and any version from     202 architecture independent and any version from 2.0.0 onward should
280 work correctly with this version of the XFS ke    203 work correctly with this version of the XFS kernel code (2.6.0 or
281 later is recommended, due to some significant     204 later is recommended, due to some significant improvements).
282                                                   205 
283 PCMCIAutils                                       206 PCMCIAutils
284 -----------                                       207 -----------
285                                                   208 
286 PCMCIAutils replaces ``pcmcia-cs``. It properl    209 PCMCIAutils replaces ``pcmcia-cs``. It properly sets up
287 PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the    210 PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the appropriate modules
288 for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is mod    211 for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is modularized and the hotplug
289 subsystem is used.                                212 subsystem is used.
290                                                   213 
291 Quota-tools                                       214 Quota-tools
292 -----------                                       215 -----------
293                                                   216 
294 Support for 32 bit uid's and gid's is required    217 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    218 the newer version 2 quota format.  Quota-tools version 3.07 and
296 newer has this support.  Use the recommended v    219 newer has this support.  Use the recommended version or newer
297 from the table above.                             220 from the table above.
298                                                   221 
299 Intel IA32 microcode                              222 Intel IA32 microcode
300 --------------------                              223 --------------------
301                                                   224 
302 A driver has been added to allow updating of I    225 A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode,
303 accessible as a normal (misc) character device    226 accessible as a normal (misc) character device.  If you are not using
304 udev you may need to::                            227 udev you may need to::
305                                                   228 
306   mkdir /dev/cpu                                  229   mkdir /dev/cpu
307   mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184               230   mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184
308   chmod 0644 /dev/cpu/microcode                   231   chmod 0644 /dev/cpu/microcode
309                                                   232 
310 as root before you can use this.  You'll proba    233 as root before you can use this.  You'll probably also want to
311 get the user-space microcode_ctl utility to us    234 get the user-space microcode_ctl utility to use with this.
312                                                   235 
313 udev                                              236 udev
314 ----                                              237 ----
315                                                   238 
316 ``udev`` is a userspace application for popula    239 ``udev`` is a userspace application for populating ``/dev`` dynamically with
317 only entries for devices actually present. ``u    240 only entries for devices actually present. ``udev`` replaces the basic
318 functionality of devfs, while allowing persist    241 functionality of devfs, while allowing persistent device naming for
319 devices.                                          242 devices.
320                                                   243 
321 FUSE                                              244 FUSE
322 ----                                              245 ----
323                                                   246 
324 Needs libfuse 2.4.0 or later.  Absolute minimu    247 Needs libfuse 2.4.0 or later.  Absolute minimum is 2.3.0 but mount
325 options ``direct_io`` and ``kernel_cache`` won    248 options ``direct_io`` and ``kernel_cache`` won't work.
326                                                   249 
327 Networking                                        250 Networking
328 **********                                        251 **********
329                                                   252 
330 General changes                                   253 General changes
331 ---------------                                   254 ---------------
332                                                   255 
333 If you have advanced network configuration nee    256 If you have advanced network configuration needs, you should probably
334 consider using the network tools from ip-route    257 consider using the network tools from ip-route2.
335                                                   258 
336 Packet Filter / NAT                               259 Packet Filter / NAT
337 -------------------                               260 -------------------
338 The packet filtering and NAT code uses the sam    261 The packet filtering and NAT code uses the same tools like the previous 2.4.x
339 kernel series (iptables).  It still includes b    262 kernel series (iptables).  It still includes backwards-compatibility modules
340 for 2.2.x-style ipchains and 2.0.x-style ipfwa    263 for 2.2.x-style ipchains and 2.0.x-style ipfwadm.
341                                                   264 
342 PPP                                               265 PPP
343 ---                                               266 ---
344                                                   267 
345 The PPP driver has been restructured to suppor    268 The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to
346 enable it to operate over diverse media layers    269 enable it to operate over diverse media layers.  If you use PPP,
347 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.                   270 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.
348                                                   271 
349 If you are not using udev, you must have the d    272 If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
350 which can be made by::                            273 which can be made by::
351                                                   274 
352   mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0                          275   mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
353                                                   276 
354 as root.                                          277 as root.
355                                                   278 
356 NFS-utils                                         279 NFS-utils
357 ---------                                         280 ---------
358                                                   281 
359 In ancient (2.4 and earlier) kernels, the nfs     282 In ancient (2.4 and earlier) kernels, the nfs server needed to know
360 about any client that expected to be able to a    283 about any client that expected to be able to access files via NFS.  This
361 information would be given to the kernel by ``    284 information would be given to the kernel by ``mountd`` when the client
362 mounted the filesystem, or by ``exportfs`` at     285 mounted the filesystem, or by ``exportfs`` at system startup.  exportfs
363 would take information about active clients fr    286 would take information about active clients from ``/var/lib/nfs/rmtab``.
364                                                   287 
365 This approach is quite fragile as it depends o    288 This approach is quite fragile as it depends on rmtab being correct
366 which is not always easy, particularly when tr    289 which is not always easy, particularly when trying to implement
367 fail-over.  Even when the system is working we    290 fail-over.  Even when the system is working well, ``rmtab`` suffers from
368 getting lots of old entries that never get rem    291 getting lots of old entries that never get removed.
369                                                   292 
370 With modern kernels we have the option of havi    293 With modern kernels we have the option of having the kernel tell mountd
371 when it gets a request from an unknown host, a    294 when it gets a request from an unknown host, and mountd can give
372 appropriate export information to the kernel.     295 appropriate export information to the kernel.  This removes the
373 dependency on ``rmtab`` and means that the ker    296 dependency on ``rmtab`` and means that the kernel only needs to know about
374 currently active clients.                         297 currently active clients.
375                                                   298 
376 To enable this new functionality, you need to:    299 To enable this new functionality, you need to::
377                                                   300 
378   mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd                301   mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd
379                                                   302 
380 before running exportfs or mountd.  It is reco    303 before running exportfs or mountd.  It is recommended that all NFS
381 services be protected from the internet-at-lar    304 services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where
382 that is possible.                                 305 that is possible.
383                                                   306 
384 mcelog                                            307 mcelog
385 ------                                            308 ------
386                                                   309 
387 On x86 kernels the mcelog utility is needed to    310 On x86 kernels the mcelog utility is needed to process and log machine check
388 events when ``CONFIG_X86_MCE`` is enabled. Mac    311 events when ``CONFIG_X86_MCE`` is enabled. Machine check events are errors
389 reported by the CPU. Processing them is strong    312 reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged.
390                                                   313 
391 Kernel documentation                              314 Kernel documentation
392 ********************                              315 ********************
393                                                   316 
394 Sphinx                                            317 Sphinx
395 ------                                            318 ------
396                                                   319 
397 Please see :ref:`sphinx_install` in :ref:`Docu    320 Please see :ref:`sphinx_install` in :ref:`Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst <sphinxdoc>`
398 for details about Sphinx requirements.            321 for details about Sphinx requirements.
399                                                   322 
400 rustdoc                                        << 
401 -------                                        << 
402                                                << 
403 ``rustdoc`` is used to generate the documentat << 
404 Documentation/rust/general-information.rst for << 
405                                                << 
406 Getting updated software                          323 Getting updated software
407 ========================                          324 ========================
408                                                   325 
409 Kernel compilation                                326 Kernel compilation
410 ******************                                327 ******************
411                                                   328 
412 gcc                                               329 gcc
413 ---                                               330 ---
414                                                   331 
415 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>                    332 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>
416                                                   333 
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                                              334 Make
433 ----                                              335 ----
434                                                   336 
435 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/>                   337 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/>
436                                                   338 
437 Bash                                           << 
438 ----                                           << 
439                                                << 
440 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/>                << 
441                                                << 
442 Binutils                                          339 Binutils
443 --------                                          340 --------
444                                                   341 
445 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binu    342 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/>
446                                                   343 
447 Flex                                              344 Flex
448 ----                                              345 ----
449                                                   346 
450 - <https://github.com/westes/flex/releases>       347 - <https://github.com/westes/flex/releases>
451                                                   348 
452 Bison                                             349 Bison
453 -----                                             350 -----
454                                                   351 
455 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/>                  352 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/>
456                                                   353 
457 OpenSSL                                           354 OpenSSL
458 -------                                           355 -------
459                                                   356 
460 - <https://www.openssl.org/>                      357 - <https://www.openssl.org/>
461                                                   358 
462 System utilities                                  359 System utilities
463 ****************                                  360 ****************
464                                                   361 
465 Util-linux                                        362 Util-linux
466 ----------                                        363 ----------
467                                                   364 
468 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util    365 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>
469                                                   366 
470 Kmod                                              367 Kmod
471 ----                                              368 ----
472                                                   369 
473 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern    370 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/>
474 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel    371 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git>
475                                                   372 
476 Ksymoops                                          373 Ksymoops
477 --------                                          374 --------
478                                                   375 
479 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern    376 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/>
480                                                   377 
481 Mkinitrd                                          378 Mkinitrd
482 --------                                          379 --------
483                                                   380 
484 - <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/mai    381 - <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/main>
485                                                   382 
486 E2fsprogs                                         383 E2fsprogs
487 ---------                                         384 ---------
488                                                   385 
489 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/peo    386 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/>
490 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fs    387 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/>
491                                                   388 
492 JFSutils                                          389 JFSutils
493 --------                                          390 --------
494                                                   391 
495 - <https://jfs.sourceforge.net/>               !! 392 - <http://jfs.sourceforge.net/>
496                                                   393 
497 Reiserfsprogs                                     394 Reiserfsprogs
498 -------------                                     395 -------------
499                                                   396 
500 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel    397 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeffm/reiserfsprogs.git/>
501                                                   398 
502 Xfsprogs                                          399 Xfsprogs
503 --------                                          400 --------
504                                                   401 
505 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfspr    402 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git>
506 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/x    403 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/xfs/xfsprogs/>
507                                                   404 
508 Pcmciautils                                       405 Pcmciautils
509 -----------                                       406 -----------
510                                                   407 
511 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern    408 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/>
512                                                   409 
513 Quota-tools                                       410 Quota-tools
514 -----------                                       411 -----------
515                                                   412 
516 - <https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota !! 413 - <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota/>
517                                                   414 
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 - <https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases>
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 - <https://download.samba.org/pub/ppp/>
551 - <https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git>             443 - <https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git>
552 - <https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/>            444 - <https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/>
553                                                   445 
554 NFS-utils                                         446 NFS-utils
555 ---------                                         447 ---------
556                                                   448 
557 - <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p !! 449 - <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14>
558 - <https://nfs.sourceforge.net/>               << 
559                                                   450 
560 Iptables                                          451 Iptables
561 --------                                          452 --------
562                                                   453 
563 - <https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/ind    454 - <https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html>
564                                                   455 
565 Ip-route2                                         456 Ip-route2
566 ---------                                         457 ---------
567                                                   458 
568 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/    459 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/>
569                                                   460 
570 OProfile                                          461 OProfile
571 --------                                          462 --------
572                                                   463 
573 - <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>          !! 464 - <http://oprofile.sf.net/download/>
                                                   >> 465 
                                                   >> 466 NFS-Utils
                                                   >> 467 ---------
                                                   >> 468 
                                                   >> 469 - <http://nfs.sourceforge.net/>
574                                                   470 
575 Kernel documentation                              471 Kernel documentation
576 ********************                              472 ********************
577                                                   473 
578 Sphinx                                            474 Sphinx
579 ------                                            475 ------
580                                                   476 
581 - <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/>                !! 477 - <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/>
                                                      

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