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  1 .. _changes:                                   << 
  2                                                << 
  3 Minimal requirements to compile the Kernel     << 
  4 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++     << 
  5                                                << 
  6 Intro                                               1 Intro
  7 =====                                               2 =====
  8                                                     3 
  9 This document is designed to provide a list of      4 This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum levels of
 10 software necessary to run the current kernel v !!   5 software necessary to run the 3.0 kernels.
 11                                                     6 
 12 This document is originally based on my "Chang      7 This document is originally based on my "Changes" file for 2.0.x kernels
 13 and therefore owes credit to the same people a      8 and therefore owes credit to the same people as that file (Jared Mauch,
 14 Axel Boldt, Alessandro Sigala, and countless o      9 Axel Boldt, Alessandro Sigala, and countless other users all over the
 15 'net).                                             10 'net).
 16                                                    11 
 17 Current Minimal Requirements                       12 Current Minimal Requirements
 18 ****************************                   !!  13 ============================
 19                                                    14 
 20 Upgrade to at **least** these software revisio !!  15 Upgrade to at *least* these software revisions before thinking you've
 21 encountered a bug!  If you're unsure what vers     16 encountered a bug!  If you're unsure what version you're currently
 22 running, the suggested command should tell you     17 running, the suggested command should tell you.
 23                                                    18 
 24 Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you     19 Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you are already functionally
 25 running a Linux kernel.  Also, not all tools a     20 running a Linux kernel.  Also, not all tools are necessary on all
 26 systems; obviously, if you don't have any PC C !!  21 systems; obviously, if you don't have any ISDN hardware, for example,
 27 you probably needn't concern yourself with pcm !!  22 you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils.
 28                                                    23 
 29 ====================== ===============  ====== !!  24 o  Gnu C                  3.2                     # gcc --version
 30         Program        Minimal version       C !!  25 o  Gnu make               3.80                    # make --version
 31 ====================== ===============  ====== !!  26 o  binutils               2.12                    # ld -v
 32 GNU C                  5.1              gcc -- !!  27 o  util-linux             2.10o                   # fdformat --version
 33 Clang/LLVM (optional)  13.0.1           clang  !!  28 o  module-init-tools      0.9.10                  # depmod -V
 34 Rust (optional)        1.78.0           rustc  !!  29 o  e2fsprogs              1.41.4                  # e2fsck -V
 35 bindgen (optional)     0.65.1           bindge !!  30 o  jfsutils               1.1.3                   # fsck.jfs -V
 36 GNU make               4.0              make - !!  31 o  reiserfsprogs          3.6.3                   # reiserfsck -V
 37 bash                   4.2              bash - !!  32 o  xfsprogs               2.6.0                   # xfs_db -V
 38 binutils               2.25             ld -v  !!  33 o  squashfs-tools         4.0                     # mksquashfs -version
 39 flex                   2.5.35           flex - !!  34 o  btrfs-progs            0.18                    # btrfsck
 40 bison                  2.0              bison  !!  35 o  pcmciautils            004                     # pccardctl -V
 41 pahole                 1.16             pahole !!  36 o  quota-tools            3.09                    # quota -V
 42 util-linux             2.10o            mount  !!  37 o  PPP                    2.4.0                   # pppd --version
 43 kmod                   13               depmod !!  38 o  isdn4k-utils           3.1pre1                 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version
 44 e2fsprogs              1.41.4           e2fsck !!  39 o  nfs-utils              1.0.5                   # showmount --version
 45 jfsutils               1.1.3            fsck.j !!  40 o  procps                 3.2.0                   # ps --version
 46 reiserfsprogs          3.6.3            reiser !!  41 o  oprofile               0.9                     # oprofiled --version
 47 xfsprogs               2.6.0            xfs_db !!  42 o  udev                   081                     # udevd --version
 48 squashfs-tools         4.0              mksqua !!  43 o  grub                   0.93                    # grub --version || grub-install --version
 49 btrfs-progs            0.18             btrfsc !!  44 o  mcelog                 0.6                     # mcelog --version
 50 pcmciautils            004              pccard !!  45 o  iptables               1.4.2                   # iptables -V
 51 quota-tools            3.09             quota  << 
 52 PPP                    2.4.0            pppd - << 
 53 nfs-utils              1.0.5            showmo << 
 54 procps                 3.2.0            ps --v << 
 55 udev                   081              udevd  << 
 56 grub                   0.93             grub - << 
 57 mcelog                 0.6              mcelog << 
 58 iptables               1.4.2            iptabl << 
 59 openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openss << 
 60 bc                     1.06.95          bc --v << 
 61 Sphinx\ [#f1]_         2.4.4            sphinx << 
 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 ====================== ===============  ====== << 
 69                                                    46 
 70 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Ke << 
 71                                                    47 
 72 Kernel compilation                                 48 Kernel compilation
 73 ******************                             !!  49 ==================
 74                                                    50 
 75 GCC                                                51 GCC
 76 ---                                                52 ---
 77                                                    53 
 78 The gcc version requirements may vary dependin     54 The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your
 79 computer.                                          55 computer.
 80                                                    56 
 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                                               57 Make
107 ----                                               58 ----
108                                                    59 
109 You will need GNU make 4.0 or later to build t !!  60 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                                                    61 
117 Binutils                                           62 Binutils
118 --------                                           63 --------
119                                                    64 
120 Binutils 2.25 or newer is needed to build the  !!  65 Linux on IA-32 has recently switched from using as86 to using gas for
121                                                !!  66 assembling the 16-bit boot code, removing the need for as86 to compile
122 pkg-config                                     !!  67 your kernel.  This change does, however, mean that you need a recent
123 ----------                                     !!  68 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                                                    69 
153 Perl                                               70 Perl
154 ----                                               71 ----
155                                                    72 
156 You will need perl 5 and the following modules !!  73 You will need perl 5 and the following modules: Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std,
157 ``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``Fil !!  74 File::Basename, and File::Find to build the kernel.
158                                                    75 
159 BC                                             << 
160 --                                             << 
161                                                << 
162 You will need bc to build kernels 3.10 and hig << 
163                                                << 
164                                                << 
165 OpenSSL                                        << 
166 -------                                        << 
167                                                << 
168 Module signing and external certificate handli << 
169 crypto library to do key creation and signatur << 
170                                                << 
171 You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and << 
172 enabled.  You will also need openssl developme << 
173 and higher.                                    << 
174                                                << 
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                                                    76 
202 System utilities                                   77 System utilities
203 ****************                               !!  78 ================
204                                                    79 
205 Architectural changes                              80 Architectural changes
206 ---------------------                              81 ---------------------
207                                                    82 
208 DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev         83 DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev
209 (https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel !!  84 (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/)
210                                                    85 
211 32-bit UID support is now in place.  Have fun!     86 32-bit UID support is now in place.  Have fun!
212                                                    87 
213 Linux documentation for functions is transitio     88 Linux documentation for functions is transitioning to inline
214 documentation via specially-formatted comments     89 documentation via specially-formatted comments near their
215 definitions in the source.  These comments can !!  90 definitions in the source.  These comments can be combined with the
216 files the Documentation/ directory to make enr !!  91 SGML templates in the Documentation/DocBook directory to make DocBook
217 then be converted to PostScript, HTML, LaTex,  !!  92 files, which can then be converted by DocBook stylesheets to PostScript,
218 In order to convert from ReST format to a form !!  93 HTML, PDF files, and several other formats.  In order to convert from
219 Sphinx.                                        !!  94 DocBook format to a format of your choice, you'll need to install Jade as
                                                   >>  95 well as the desired DocBook stylesheets.
220                                                    96 
221 Util-linux                                         97 Util-linux
222 ----------                                         98 ----------
223                                                    99 
224 New versions of util-linux provide ``fdisk`` s !! 100 New versions of util-linux provide *fdisk support for larger disks,
225 support new options to mount, recognize more s    101 support new options to mount, recognize more supported partition
226 types, and similar goodies.                    !! 102 types, have a fdformat which works with 2.4 kernels, and similar goodies.
227 You'll probably want to upgrade.                  103 You'll probably want to upgrade.
228                                                   104 
229 Ksymoops                                          105 Ksymoops
230 --------                                          106 --------
231                                                   107 
232 If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oop    108 If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oopses, you may need the
233 ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases     109 ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases you don't.
234 It is generally preferred to build the kernel  !! 110 It is generally preferred to build the kernel with CONFIG_KALLSYMS so
235 that it produces readable dumps that can be us    111 that it produces readable dumps that can be used as-is (this also
236 produces better output than ksymoops).  If for    112 produces better output than ksymoops).  If for some reason your kernel
237 is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you  !! 113 is not build with CONFIG_KALLSYMS and you have no way to rebuild and
238 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you     114 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still decode that Oops
239 with ksymoops.                                    115 with ksymoops.
240                                                   116 
                                                   >> 117 Module-Init-Tools
                                                   >> 118 -----------------
                                                   >> 119 
                                                   >> 120 A new module loader is now in the kernel that requires module-init-tools
                                                   >> 121 to use.  It is backward compatible with the 2.4.x series kernels.
                                                   >> 122 
241 Mkinitrd                                          123 Mkinitrd
242 --------                                          124 --------
243                                                   125 
244 These changes to the ``/lib/modules`` file tre !! 126 These changes to the /lib/modules file tree layout also require that
245 mkinitrd be upgraded.                             127 mkinitrd be upgraded.
246                                                   128 
247 E2fsprogs                                         129 E2fsprogs
248 ---------                                         130 ---------
249                                                   131 
250 The latest version of ``e2fsprogs`` fixes seve !! 132 The latest version of e2fsprogs fixes several bugs in fsck and
251 debugfs.  Obviously, it's a good idea to upgra    133 debugfs.  Obviously, it's a good idea to upgrade.
252                                                   134 
253 JFSutils                                          135 JFSutils
254 --------                                          136 --------
255                                                   137 
256 The ``jfsutils`` package contains the utilitie !! 138 The jfsutils package contains the utilities for the file system.
257 The following utilities are available:            139 The following utilities are available:
258                                                !! 140 o fsck.jfs - initiate replay of the transaction log, and check
259 - ``fsck.jfs`` - initiate replay of the transa << 
260   and repair a JFS formatted partition.           141   and repair a JFS formatted partition.
261                                                !! 142 o mkfs.jfs - create a JFS formatted partition.
262 - ``mkfs.jfs`` - create a JFS formatted partit !! 143 o other file system utilities are also available in this package.
263                                                << 
264 - other file system utilities are also availab << 
265                                                   144 
266 Reiserfsprogs                                     145 Reiserfsprogs
267 -------------                                     146 -------------
268                                                   147 
269 The reiserfsprogs package should be used for r    148 The reiserfsprogs package should be used for reiserfs-3.6.x
270 (Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined packag    149 (Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined package and contains working
271 versions of ``mkreiserfs``, ``resize_reiserfs` !! 150 versions of mkreiserfs, resize_reiserfs, debugreiserfs and
272 ``reiserfsck``. These utils work on both i386  !! 151 reiserfsck. These utils work on both i386 and alpha platforms.
273                                                   152 
274 Xfsprogs                                          153 Xfsprogs
275 --------                                          154 --------
276                                                   155 
277 The latest version of ``xfsprogs`` contains `` !! 156 The latest version of xfsprogs contains mkfs.xfs, xfs_db, and the
278 ``xfs_repair`` utilities, among others, for th !! 157 xfs_repair utilities, among others, for the XFS filesystem.  It is
279 architecture independent and any version from     158 architecture independent and any version from 2.0.0 onward should
280 work correctly with this version of the XFS ke    159 work correctly with this version of the XFS kernel code (2.6.0 or
281 later is recommended, due to some significant     160 later is recommended, due to some significant improvements).
282                                                   161 
283 PCMCIAutils                                       162 PCMCIAutils
284 -----------                                       163 -----------
285                                                   164 
286 PCMCIAutils replaces ``pcmcia-cs``. It properl !! 165 PCMCIAutils replaces pcmcia-cs (see below). It properly sets up
287 PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the    166 PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the appropriate modules
288 for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is mod    167 for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is modularized and the hotplug
289 subsystem is used.                                168 subsystem is used.
290                                                   169 
                                                   >> 170 Pcmcia-cs
                                                   >> 171 ---------
                                                   >> 172 
                                                   >> 173 PCMCIA (PC Card) support is now partially implemented in the main
                                                   >> 174 kernel source. The "pcmciautils" package (see above) replaces pcmcia-cs
                                                   >> 175 for newest kernels.
                                                   >> 176 
291 Quota-tools                                       177 Quota-tools
292 -----------                                       178 -----------
293                                                   179 
294 Support for 32 bit uid's and gid's is required    180 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    181 the newer version 2 quota format.  Quota-tools version 3.07 and
296 newer has this support.  Use the recommended v    182 newer has this support.  Use the recommended version or newer
297 from the table above.                             183 from the table above.
298                                                   184 
299 Intel IA32 microcode                              185 Intel IA32 microcode
300 --------------------                              186 --------------------
301                                                   187 
302 A driver has been added to allow updating of I    188 A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode,
303 accessible as a normal (misc) character device    189 accessible as a normal (misc) character device.  If you are not using
304 udev you may need to::                         !! 190 udev you may need to:
305                                                   191 
306   mkdir /dev/cpu                               !! 192 mkdir /dev/cpu
307   mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184            !! 193 mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184
308   chmod 0644 /dev/cpu/microcode                !! 194 chmod 0644 /dev/cpu/microcode
309                                                   195 
310 as root before you can use this.  You'll proba    196 as root before you can use this.  You'll probably also want to
311 get the user-space microcode_ctl utility to us    197 get the user-space microcode_ctl utility to use with this.
312                                                   198 
                                                   >> 199 Powertweak
                                                   >> 200 ----------
                                                   >> 201 
                                                   >> 202 If you are running v0.1.17 or earlier, you should upgrade to
                                                   >> 203 version v0.99.0 or higher. Running old versions may cause problems
                                                   >> 204 with programs using shared memory.
                                                   >> 205 
313 udev                                              206 udev
314 ----                                              207 ----
315                                                !! 208 udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with
316 ``udev`` is a userspace application for popula !! 209 only entries for devices actually present.  udev replaces the basic
317 only entries for devices actually present. ``u << 
318 functionality of devfs, while allowing persist    210 functionality of devfs, while allowing persistent device naming for
319 devices.                                          211 devices.
320                                                   212 
321 FUSE                                              213 FUSE
322 ----                                              214 ----
323                                                   215 
324 Needs libfuse 2.4.0 or later.  Absolute minimu    216 Needs libfuse 2.4.0 or later.  Absolute minimum is 2.3.0 but mount
325 options ``direct_io`` and ``kernel_cache`` won !! 217 options 'direct_io' and 'kernel_cache' won't work.
326                                                   218 
327 Networking                                        219 Networking
328 **********                                     !! 220 ==========
329                                                   221 
330 General changes                                   222 General changes
331 ---------------                                   223 ---------------
332                                                   224 
333 If you have advanced network configuration nee    225 If you have advanced network configuration needs, you should probably
334 consider using the network tools from ip-route    226 consider using the network tools from ip-route2.
335                                                   227 
336 Packet Filter / NAT                               228 Packet Filter / NAT
337 -------------------                               229 -------------------
338 The packet filtering and NAT code uses the sam    230 The packet filtering and NAT code uses the same tools like the previous 2.4.x
339 kernel series (iptables).  It still includes b    231 kernel series (iptables).  It still includes backwards-compatibility modules
340 for 2.2.x-style ipchains and 2.0.x-style ipfwa    232 for 2.2.x-style ipchains and 2.0.x-style ipfwadm.
341                                                   233 
342 PPP                                               234 PPP
343 ---                                               235 ---
344                                                   236 
345 The PPP driver has been restructured to suppor    237 The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to
346 enable it to operate over diverse media layers    238 enable it to operate over diverse media layers.  If you use PPP,
347 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.                   239 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.
348                                                   240 
349 If you are not using udev, you must have the d    241 If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
350 which can be made by::                         !! 242 which can be made by:
351                                                   243 
352   mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0                       !! 244 mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
353                                                   245 
354 as root.                                          246 as root.
355                                                   247 
                                                   >> 248 Isdn4k-utils
                                                   >> 249 ------------
                                                   >> 250 
                                                   >> 251 Due to changes in the length of the phone number field, isdn4k-utils
                                                   >> 252 needs to be recompiled or (preferably) upgraded.
                                                   >> 253 
356 NFS-utils                                         254 NFS-utils
357 ---------                                         255 ---------
358                                                   256 
359 In ancient (2.4 and earlier) kernels, the nfs     257 In ancient (2.4 and earlier) kernels, the nfs server needed to know
360 about any client that expected to be able to a    258 about any client that expected to be able to access files via NFS.  This
361 information would be given to the kernel by `` !! 259 information would be given to the kernel by "mountd" when the client
362 mounted the filesystem, or by ``exportfs`` at  !! 260 mounted the filesystem, or by "exportfs" at system startup.  exportfs
363 would take information about active clients fr !! 261 would take information about active clients from /var/lib/nfs/rmtab.
364                                                   262 
365 This approach is quite fragile as it depends o    263 This approach is quite fragile as it depends on rmtab being correct
366 which is not always easy, particularly when tr    264 which is not always easy, particularly when trying to implement
367 fail-over.  Even when the system is working we !! 265 fail-over.  Even when the system is working well, rmtab suffers from
368 getting lots of old entries that never get rem    266 getting lots of old entries that never get removed.
369                                                   267 
370 With modern kernels we have the option of havi    268 With modern kernels we have the option of having the kernel tell mountd
371 when it gets a request from an unknown host, a    269 when it gets a request from an unknown host, and mountd can give
372 appropriate export information to the kernel.     270 appropriate export information to the kernel.  This removes the
373 dependency on ``rmtab`` and means that the ker !! 271 dependency on rmtab and means that the kernel only needs to know about
374 currently active clients.                         272 currently active clients.
375                                                   273 
376 To enable this new functionality, you need to: !! 274 To enable this new functionality, you need to:
377                                                   275 
378   mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd                276   mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd
379                                                   277 
380 before running exportfs or mountd.  It is reco    278 before running exportfs or mountd.  It is recommended that all NFS
381 services be protected from the internet-at-lar    279 services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where
382 that is possible.                                 280 that is possible.
383                                                   281 
384 mcelog                                            282 mcelog
385 ------                                            283 ------
386                                                   284 
387 On x86 kernels the mcelog utility is needed to !! 285 In Linux 2.6.31+ the i386 kernel needs to run the mcelog utility
388 events when ``CONFIG_X86_MCE`` is enabled. Mac !! 286 as a regular cronjob similar to the x86-64 kernel to process and log
389 reported by the CPU. Processing them is strong !! 287 machine check events when CONFIG_X86_NEW_MCE is enabled. Machine check
390                                                !! 288 events are errors reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged.
391 Kernel documentation                           !! 289 All x86-64 kernels since 2.6.4 require the mcelog utility to
392 ********************                           !! 290 process machine checks.
393                                                << 
394 Sphinx                                         << 
395 ------                                         << 
396                                                << 
397 Please see :ref:`sphinx_install` in :ref:`Docu << 
398 for details about Sphinx requirements.         << 
399                                                << 
400 rustdoc                                        << 
401 -------                                        << 
402                                                << 
403 ``rustdoc`` is used to generate the documentat << 
404 Documentation/rust/general-information.rst for << 
405                                                   291 
406 Getting updated software                          292 Getting updated software
407 ========================                          293 ========================
408                                                   294 
409 Kernel compilation                                295 Kernel compilation
410 ******************                                296 ******************
411                                                   297 
412 gcc                                               298 gcc
413 ---                                               299 ---
414                                                !! 300 o  <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>
415 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>                 << 
416                                                << 
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                                                   301 
432 Make                                              302 Make
433 ----                                              303 ----
434                                                !! 304 o  <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/>
435 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/>                << 
436                                                << 
437 Bash                                           << 
438 ----                                           << 
439                                                << 
440 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/>                << 
441                                                   305 
442 Binutils                                          306 Binutils
443 --------                                          307 --------
444                                                !! 308 o  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/>
445 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binu << 
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                                                << 
457 OpenSSL                                        << 
458 -------                                        << 
459                                                << 
460 - <https://www.openssl.org/>                   << 
461                                                   309 
462 System utilities                                  310 System utilities
463 ****************                                  311 ****************
464                                                   312 
465 Util-linux                                        313 Util-linux
466 ----------                                        314 ----------
467                                                !! 315 o  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>
468 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util << 
469                                                << 
470 Kmod                                           << 
471 ----                                           << 
472                                                << 
473 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern << 
474 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel << 
475                                                   316 
476 Ksymoops                                          317 Ksymoops
477 --------                                          318 --------
                                                   >> 319 o  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/>
478                                                   320 
479 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern !! 321 Module-Init-Tools
                                                   >> 322 -----------------
                                                   >> 323 o  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/>
480                                                   324 
481 Mkinitrd                                          325 Mkinitrd
482 --------                                          326 --------
483                                                !! 327 o  <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/main>
484 - <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/mai << 
485                                                   328 
486 E2fsprogs                                         329 E2fsprogs
487 ---------                                         330 ---------
488                                                !! 331 o  <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.29.tar.gz>
489 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/peo << 
490 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fs << 
491                                                   332 
492 JFSutils                                          333 JFSutils
493 --------                                          334 --------
494                                                !! 335 o  <http://jfs.sourceforge.net/>
495 - <https://jfs.sourceforge.net/>               << 
496                                                   336 
497 Reiserfsprogs                                     337 Reiserfsprogs
498 -------------                                     338 -------------
499                                                !! 339 o  <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/reiserfs/>
500 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel << 
501                                                   340 
502 Xfsprogs                                          341 Xfsprogs
503 --------                                          342 --------
504                                                !! 343 o  <ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/>
505 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfspr << 
506 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/x << 
507                                                   344 
508 Pcmciautils                                       345 Pcmciautils
509 -----------                                       346 -----------
                                                   >> 347 o  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/>
510                                                   348 
511 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern !! 349 Pcmcia-cs
                                                   >> 350 ---------
                                                   >> 351 o  <http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/>
512                                                   352 
513 Quota-tools                                       353 Quota-tools
514 -----------                                    !! 354 ----------
                                                   >> 355 o  <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota/>
515                                                   356 
516 - <https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota !! 357 DocBook Stylesheets
                                                   >> 358 -------------------
                                                   >> 359 o  <http://nwalsh.com/docbook/dsssl/>
517                                                   360 
                                                   >> 361 XMLTO XSLT Frontend
                                                   >> 362 -------------------
                                                   >> 363 o  <http://cyberelk.net/tim/xmlto/>
518                                                   364 
519 Intel P6 microcode                                365 Intel P6 microcode
520 ------------------                                366 ------------------
                                                   >> 367 o  <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>
521                                                   368 
522 - <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/>          !! 369 Powertweak
                                                   >> 370 ----------
                                                   >> 371 o  <http://powertweak.sourceforge.net/>
523                                                   372 
524 udev                                              373 udev
525 ----                                              374 ----
526                                                !! 375 o <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html>
527 - <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/system << 
528                                                   376 
529 FUSE                                              377 FUSE
530 ----                                              378 ----
531                                                !! 379 o <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse>
532 - <https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases << 
533                                                   380 
534 mcelog                                            381 mcelog
535 ------                                            382 ------
536                                                !! 383 o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cpu/mce/>
537 - <https://www.mcelog.org/>                    << 
538                                                << 
539 cpio                                           << 
540 ----                                           << 
541                                                << 
542 - <https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/>         << 
543                                                   384 
544 Networking                                        385 Networking
545 **********                                        386 **********
546                                                   387 
547 PPP                                               388 PPP
548 ---                                               389 ---
                                                   >> 390 o  <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/>
549                                                   391 
550 - <https://download.samba.org/pub/ppp/>        !! 392 Isdn4k-utils
551 - <https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git>          !! 393 ------------
552 - <https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/>         !! 394 o  <ftp://ftp.isdn4linux.de/pub/isdn4linux/utils/>
553                                                   395 
554 NFS-utils                                         396 NFS-utils
555 ---------                                         397 ---------
556                                                !! 398 o  <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14>
557 - <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p << 
558 - <https://nfs.sourceforge.net/>               << 
559                                                   399 
560 Iptables                                          400 Iptables
561 --------                                          401 --------
562                                                !! 402 o  <http://www.iptables.org/downloads.html>
563 - <https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/ind << 
564                                                   403 
565 Ip-route2                                         404 Ip-route2
566 ---------                                         405 ---------
567                                                !! 406 o  <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/iproute2-2.2.4-now-ss991023.tar.gz>
568 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/ << 
569                                                   407 
570 OProfile                                          408 OProfile
571 --------                                          409 --------
                                                   >> 410 o  <http://oprofile.sf.net/download/>
572                                                   411 
573 - <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>          !! 412 NFS-Utils
574                                                !! 413 ---------
575 Kernel documentation                           !! 414 o  <http://nfs.sourceforge.net/>
576 ********************                           << 
577                                                << 
578 Sphinx                                         << 
579 ------                                         << 
580                                                   415 
581 - <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/>                << 
                                                      

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