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  1 .. _changes:                                        1 .. _changes:
  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 current kernel version.
 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                  5.1              gcc --version
 33 Clang/LLVM (optional)  13.0.1           clang  !!  33 Clang/LLVM (optional)  11.0.0           clang --version
 34 Rust (optional)        1.78.0           rustc  !!  34 GNU make               3.81             make --version
 35 bindgen (optional)     0.65.1           bindge << 
 36 GNU make               4.0              make - << 
 37 bash                   4.2              bash -     35 bash                   4.2              bash --version
 38 binutils               2.25             ld -v  !!  36 binutils               2.23             ld -v
 39 flex                   2.5.35           flex -     37 flex                   2.5.35           flex --version
 40 bison                  2.0              bison      38 bison                  2.0              bison --version
 41 pahole                 1.16             pahole     39 pahole                 1.16             pahole --version
 42 util-linux             2.10o            mount  !!  40 util-linux             2.10o            fdformat --version
 43 kmod                   13               depmod     41 kmod                   13               depmod -V
 44 e2fsprogs              1.41.4           e2fsck     42 e2fsprogs              1.41.4           e2fsck -V
 45 jfsutils               1.1.3            fsck.j     43 jfsutils               1.1.3            fsck.jfs -V
 46 reiserfsprogs          3.6.3            reiser     44 reiserfsprogs          3.6.3            reiserfsck -V
 47 xfsprogs               2.6.0            xfs_db     45 xfsprogs               2.6.0            xfs_db -V
 48 squashfs-tools         4.0              mksqua     46 squashfs-tools         4.0              mksquashfs -version
 49 btrfs-progs            0.18             btrfsc     47 btrfs-progs            0.18             btrfsck
 50 pcmciautils            004              pccard     48 pcmciautils            004              pccardctl -V
 51 quota-tools            3.09             quota      49 quota-tools            3.09             quota -V
 52 PPP                    2.4.0            pppd -     50 PPP                    2.4.0            pppd --version
 53 nfs-utils              1.0.5            showmo     51 nfs-utils              1.0.5            showmount --version
 54 procps                 3.2.0            ps --v     52 procps                 3.2.0            ps --version
 55 udev                   081              udevd      53 udev                   081              udevd --version
 56 grub                   0.93             grub -     54 grub                   0.93             grub --version || grub-install --version
 57 mcelog                 0.6              mcelog     55 mcelog                 0.6              mcelog --version
 58 iptables               1.4.2            iptabl     56 iptables               1.4.2            iptables -V
 59 openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openss     57 openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openssl version
 60 bc                     1.06.95          bc --v     58 bc                     1.06.95          bc --version
 61 Sphinx\ [#f1]_         2.4.4            sphinx !!  59 Sphinx\ [#f1]_         1.7              sphinx-build --version
 62 cpio                   any              cpio -     60 cpio                   any              cpio --version
 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 ====================== ===============  ======     61 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 68                                                    62 
 69 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Ke     63 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
 70                                                    64 
 71 Kernel compilation                                 65 Kernel compilation
 72 ******************                                 66 ******************
 73                                                    67 
 74 GCC                                                68 GCC
 75 ---                                                69 ---
 76                                                    70 
 77 The gcc version requirements may vary dependin     71 The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your
 78 computer.                                          72 computer.
 79                                                    73 
 80 Clang/LLVM (optional)                              74 Clang/LLVM (optional)
 81 ---------------------                              75 ---------------------
 82                                                    76 
 83 The latest formal release of clang and LLVM ut     77 The latest formal release of clang and LLVM utils (according to
 84 `releases.llvm.org <https://releases.llvm.org>     78 `releases.llvm.org <https://releases.llvm.org>`_) are supported for building
 85 kernels. Older releases aren't guaranteed to w     79 kernels. Older releases aren't guaranteed to work, and we may drop workarounds
 86 from the kernel that were used to support olde     80 from the kernel that were used to support older versions. Please see additional
 87 docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <     81 docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <kbuild_llvm>`.
 88                                                    82 
 89 Rust (optional)                                << 
 90 ---------------                                << 
 91                                                << 
 92 A recent version of the Rust compiler is requi << 
 93                                                << 
 94 Please see Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst  << 
 95 satisfy the build requirements of Rust support << 
 96 target ``rustavailable`` is useful to check wh << 
 97 be detected.                                   << 
 98                                                << 
 99 bindgen (optional)                             << 
100 ------------------                             << 
101                                                << 
102 ``bindgen`` is used to generate the Rust bindi << 
103 It depends on ``libclang``.                    << 
104                                                << 
105 Make                                               83 Make
106 ----                                               84 ----
107                                                    85 
108 You will need GNU make 4.0 or later to build t !!  86 You will need GNU make 3.81 or later to build the kernel.
109                                                    87 
110 Bash                                               88 Bash
111 ----                                               89 ----
112                                                    90 
113 Some bash scripts are used for the kernel buil     91 Some bash scripts are used for the kernel build.
114 Bash 4.2 or newer is needed.                       92 Bash 4.2 or newer is needed.
115                                                    93 
116 Binutils                                           94 Binutils
117 --------                                           95 --------
118                                                    96 
119 Binutils 2.25 or newer is needed to build the  !!  97 Binutils 2.23 or newer is needed to build the kernel.
120                                                    98 
121 pkg-config                                         99 pkg-config
122 ----------                                        100 ----------
123                                                   101 
124 The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-con    102 The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-config to check for installed
125 kconfig tools and to determine flags settings     103 kconfig tools and to determine flags settings for use in
126 'make {g,x}config'.  Previously pkg-config was    104 'make {g,x}config'.  Previously pkg-config was being used but not
127 verified or documented.                           105 verified or documented.
128                                                   106 
129 Flex                                              107 Flex
130 ----                                              108 ----
131                                                   109 
132 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates l    110 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates lexical analyzers
133 during build.  This requires flex 2.5.35 or la    111 during build.  This requires flex 2.5.35 or later.
134                                                   112 
135                                                   113 
136 Bison                                             114 Bison
137 -----                                             115 -----
138                                                   116 
139 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates p    117 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates parsers
140 during build.  This requires bison 2.0 or late    118 during build.  This requires bison 2.0 or later.
141                                                   119 
142 pahole                                         !! 120 pahole:
143 ------                                         !! 121 -------
144                                                   122 
145 Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is s    123 Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is selected, the build system
146 generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in     124 generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in vmlinux, a bit later from kernel
147 modules as well.  This requires pahole v1.16 o    125 modules as well.  This requires pahole v1.16 or later.
148                                                   126 
149 It is found in the 'dwarves' or 'pahole' distr    127 It is found in the 'dwarves' or 'pahole' distro packages or from
150 https://fedorapeople.org/~acme/dwarves/.          128 https://fedorapeople.org/~acme/dwarves/.
151                                                   129 
152 Perl                                              130 Perl
153 ----                                              131 ----
154                                                   132 
155 You will need perl 5 and the following modules    133 You will need perl 5 and the following modules: ``Getopt::Long``,
156 ``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``Fil    134 ``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``File::Find`` to build the kernel.
157                                                   135 
158 BC                                                136 BC
159 --                                                137 --
160                                                   138 
161 You will need bc to build kernels 3.10 and hig    139 You will need bc to build kernels 3.10 and higher
162                                                   140 
163                                                   141 
164 OpenSSL                                           142 OpenSSL
165 -------                                           143 -------
166                                                   144 
167 Module signing and external certificate handli    145 Module signing and external certificate handling use the OpenSSL program and
168 crypto library to do key creation and signatur    146 crypto library to do key creation and signature generation.
169                                                   147 
170 You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and    148 You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and higher if module signing is
171 enabled.  You will also need openssl developme    149 enabled.  You will also need openssl development packages to build kernels 4.3
172 and higher.                                       150 and higher.
173                                                   151 
174 Tar                                            << 
175 ---                                            << 
176                                                << 
177 GNU tar is needed if you want to enable access << 
178 (CONFIG_IKHEADERS).                            << 
179                                                << 
180 gtags / GNU GLOBAL (optional)                  << 
181 -----------------------------                  << 
182                                                << 
183 The kernel build requires GNU GLOBAL version 6 << 
184 tag files through ``make gtags``.  This is due << 
185 ``-C (--directory)`` flag.                     << 
186                                                << 
187 mkimage                                        << 
188 -------                                        << 
189                                                << 
190 This tool is used when building a Flat Image T << 
191 platforms. The tool is available via the ``u-b << 
192 built from the U-Boot source code. See the ins << 
193 https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/build/tools. << 
194                                                   152 
195 System utilities                                  153 System utilities
196 ****************                                  154 ****************
197                                                   155 
198 Architectural changes                             156 Architectural changes
199 ---------------------                             157 ---------------------
200                                                   158 
201 DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev        159 DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev
202 (https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel    160 (https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/)
203                                                   161 
204 32-bit UID support is now in place.  Have fun!    162 32-bit UID support is now in place.  Have fun!
205                                                   163 
206 Linux documentation for functions is transitio    164 Linux documentation for functions is transitioning to inline
207 documentation via specially-formatted comments    165 documentation via specially-formatted comments near their
208 definitions in the source.  These comments can    166 definitions in the source.  These comments can be combined with ReST
209 files the Documentation/ directory to make enr    167 files the Documentation/ directory to make enriched documentation, which can
210 then be converted to PostScript, HTML, LaTex,     168 then be converted to PostScript, HTML, LaTex, ePUB and PDF files.
211 In order to convert from ReST format to a form    169 In order to convert from ReST format to a format of your choice, you'll need
212 Sphinx.                                           170 Sphinx.
213                                                   171 
214 Util-linux                                        172 Util-linux
215 ----------                                        173 ----------
216                                                   174 
217 New versions of util-linux provide ``fdisk`` s    175 New versions of util-linux provide ``fdisk`` support for larger disks,
218 support new options to mount, recognize more s    176 support new options to mount, recognize more supported partition
219 types, and similar goodies.                    !! 177 types, have a fdformat which works with 2.4 kernels, and similar goodies.
220 You'll probably want to upgrade.                  178 You'll probably want to upgrade.
221                                                   179 
222 Ksymoops                                          180 Ksymoops
223 --------                                          181 --------
224                                                   182 
225 If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oop    183 If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oopses, you may need the
226 ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases     184 ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases you don't.
227 It is generally preferred to build the kernel     185 It is generally preferred to build the kernel with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` so
228 that it produces readable dumps that can be us    186 that it produces readable dumps that can be used as-is (this also
229 produces better output than ksymoops).  If for    187 produces better output than ksymoops).  If for some reason your kernel
230 is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you     188 is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you have no way to rebuild and
231 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you     189 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still decode that Oops
232 with ksymoops.                                    190 with ksymoops.
233                                                   191 
234 Mkinitrd                                          192 Mkinitrd
235 --------                                          193 --------
236                                                   194 
237 These changes to the ``/lib/modules`` file tre    195 These changes to the ``/lib/modules`` file tree layout also require that
238 mkinitrd be upgraded.                             196 mkinitrd be upgraded.
239                                                   197 
240 E2fsprogs                                         198 E2fsprogs
241 ---------                                         199 ---------
242                                                   200 
243 The latest version of ``e2fsprogs`` fixes seve    201 The latest version of ``e2fsprogs`` fixes several bugs in fsck and
244 debugfs.  Obviously, it's a good idea to upgra    202 debugfs.  Obviously, it's a good idea to upgrade.
245                                                   203 
246 JFSutils                                          204 JFSutils
247 --------                                          205 --------
248                                                   206 
249 The ``jfsutils`` package contains the utilitie    207 The ``jfsutils`` package contains the utilities for the file system.
250 The following utilities are available:            208 The following utilities are available:
251                                                   209 
252 - ``fsck.jfs`` - initiate replay of the transa    210 - ``fsck.jfs`` - initiate replay of the transaction log, and check
253   and repair a JFS formatted partition.           211   and repair a JFS formatted partition.
254                                                   212 
255 - ``mkfs.jfs`` - create a JFS formatted partit    213 - ``mkfs.jfs`` - create a JFS formatted partition.
256                                                   214 
257 - other file system utilities are also availab    215 - other file system utilities are also available in this package.
258                                                   216 
259 Reiserfsprogs                                     217 Reiserfsprogs
260 -------------                                     218 -------------
261                                                   219 
262 The reiserfsprogs package should be used for r    220 The reiserfsprogs package should be used for reiserfs-3.6.x
263 (Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined packag    221 (Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined package and contains working
264 versions of ``mkreiserfs``, ``resize_reiserfs`    222 versions of ``mkreiserfs``, ``resize_reiserfs``, ``debugreiserfs`` and
265 ``reiserfsck``. These utils work on both i386     223 ``reiserfsck``. These utils work on both i386 and alpha platforms.
266                                                   224 
267 Xfsprogs                                          225 Xfsprogs
268 --------                                          226 --------
269                                                   227 
270 The latest version of ``xfsprogs`` contains ``    228 The latest version of ``xfsprogs`` contains ``mkfs.xfs``, ``xfs_db``, and the
271 ``xfs_repair`` utilities, among others, for th    229 ``xfs_repair`` utilities, among others, for the XFS filesystem.  It is
272 architecture independent and any version from     230 architecture independent and any version from 2.0.0 onward should
273 work correctly with this version of the XFS ke    231 work correctly with this version of the XFS kernel code (2.6.0 or
274 later is recommended, due to some significant     232 later is recommended, due to some significant improvements).
275                                                   233 
276 PCMCIAutils                                       234 PCMCIAutils
277 -----------                                       235 -----------
278                                                   236 
279 PCMCIAutils replaces ``pcmcia-cs``. It properl    237 PCMCIAutils replaces ``pcmcia-cs``. It properly sets up
280 PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the    238 PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the appropriate modules
281 for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is mod    239 for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is modularized and the hotplug
282 subsystem is used.                                240 subsystem is used.
283                                                   241 
284 Quota-tools                                       242 Quota-tools
285 -----------                                       243 -----------
286                                                   244 
287 Support for 32 bit uid's and gid's is required    245 Support for 32 bit uid's and gid's is required if you want to use
288 the newer version 2 quota format.  Quota-tools    246 the newer version 2 quota format.  Quota-tools version 3.07 and
289 newer has this support.  Use the recommended v    247 newer has this support.  Use the recommended version or newer
290 from the table above.                             248 from the table above.
291                                                   249 
292 Intel IA32 microcode                              250 Intel IA32 microcode
293 --------------------                              251 --------------------
294                                                   252 
295 A driver has been added to allow updating of I    253 A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode,
296 accessible as a normal (misc) character device    254 accessible as a normal (misc) character device.  If you are not using
297 udev you may need to::                            255 udev you may need to::
298                                                   256 
299   mkdir /dev/cpu                                  257   mkdir /dev/cpu
300   mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184               258   mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184
301   chmod 0644 /dev/cpu/microcode                   259   chmod 0644 /dev/cpu/microcode
302                                                   260 
303 as root before you can use this.  You'll proba    261 as root before you can use this.  You'll probably also want to
304 get the user-space microcode_ctl utility to us    262 get the user-space microcode_ctl utility to use with this.
305                                                   263 
306 udev                                              264 udev
307 ----                                              265 ----
308                                                   266 
309 ``udev`` is a userspace application for popula    267 ``udev`` is a userspace application for populating ``/dev`` dynamically with
310 only entries for devices actually present. ``u    268 only entries for devices actually present. ``udev`` replaces the basic
311 functionality of devfs, while allowing persist    269 functionality of devfs, while allowing persistent device naming for
312 devices.                                          270 devices.
313                                                   271 
314 FUSE                                              272 FUSE
315 ----                                              273 ----
316                                                   274 
317 Needs libfuse 2.4.0 or later.  Absolute minimu    275 Needs libfuse 2.4.0 or later.  Absolute minimum is 2.3.0 but mount
318 options ``direct_io`` and ``kernel_cache`` won    276 options ``direct_io`` and ``kernel_cache`` won't work.
319                                                   277 
320 Networking                                        278 Networking
321 **********                                        279 **********
322                                                   280 
323 General changes                                   281 General changes
324 ---------------                                   282 ---------------
325                                                   283 
326 If you have advanced network configuration nee    284 If you have advanced network configuration needs, you should probably
327 consider using the network tools from ip-route    285 consider using the network tools from ip-route2.
328                                                   286 
329 Packet Filter / NAT                               287 Packet Filter / NAT
330 -------------------                               288 -------------------
331 The packet filtering and NAT code uses the sam    289 The packet filtering and NAT code uses the same tools like the previous 2.4.x
332 kernel series (iptables).  It still includes b    290 kernel series (iptables).  It still includes backwards-compatibility modules
333 for 2.2.x-style ipchains and 2.0.x-style ipfwa    291 for 2.2.x-style ipchains and 2.0.x-style ipfwadm.
334                                                   292 
335 PPP                                               293 PPP
336 ---                                               294 ---
337                                                   295 
338 The PPP driver has been restructured to suppor    296 The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to
339 enable it to operate over diverse media layers    297 enable it to operate over diverse media layers.  If you use PPP,
340 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.                   298 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.
341                                                   299 
342 If you are not using udev, you must have the d    300 If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
343 which can be made by::                            301 which can be made by::
344                                                   302 
345   mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0                          303   mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
346                                                   304 
347 as root.                                          305 as root.
348                                                   306 
349 NFS-utils                                         307 NFS-utils
350 ---------                                         308 ---------
351                                                   309 
352 In ancient (2.4 and earlier) kernels, the nfs     310 In ancient (2.4 and earlier) kernels, the nfs server needed to know
353 about any client that expected to be able to a    311 about any client that expected to be able to access files via NFS.  This
354 information would be given to the kernel by ``    312 information would be given to the kernel by ``mountd`` when the client
355 mounted the filesystem, or by ``exportfs`` at     313 mounted the filesystem, or by ``exportfs`` at system startup.  exportfs
356 would take information about active clients fr    314 would take information about active clients from ``/var/lib/nfs/rmtab``.
357                                                   315 
358 This approach is quite fragile as it depends o    316 This approach is quite fragile as it depends on rmtab being correct
359 which is not always easy, particularly when tr    317 which is not always easy, particularly when trying to implement
360 fail-over.  Even when the system is working we    318 fail-over.  Even when the system is working well, ``rmtab`` suffers from
361 getting lots of old entries that never get rem    319 getting lots of old entries that never get removed.
362                                                   320 
363 With modern kernels we have the option of havi    321 With modern kernels we have the option of having the kernel tell mountd
364 when it gets a request from an unknown host, a    322 when it gets a request from an unknown host, and mountd can give
365 appropriate export information to the kernel.     323 appropriate export information to the kernel.  This removes the
366 dependency on ``rmtab`` and means that the ker    324 dependency on ``rmtab`` and means that the kernel only needs to know about
367 currently active clients.                         325 currently active clients.
368                                                   326 
369 To enable this new functionality, you need to:    327 To enable this new functionality, you need to::
370                                                   328 
371   mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd                329   mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd
372                                                   330 
373 before running exportfs or mountd.  It is reco    331 before running exportfs or mountd.  It is recommended that all NFS
374 services be protected from the internet-at-lar    332 services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where
375 that is possible.                                 333 that is possible.
376                                                   334 
377 mcelog                                            335 mcelog
378 ------                                            336 ------
379                                                   337 
380 On x86 kernels the mcelog utility is needed to    338 On x86 kernels the mcelog utility is needed to process and log machine check
381 events when ``CONFIG_X86_MCE`` is enabled. Mac    339 events when ``CONFIG_X86_MCE`` is enabled. Machine check events are errors
382 reported by the CPU. Processing them is strong    340 reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged.
383                                                   341 
384 Kernel documentation                              342 Kernel documentation
385 ********************                              343 ********************
386                                                   344 
387 Sphinx                                            345 Sphinx
388 ------                                            346 ------
389                                                   347 
390 Please see :ref:`sphinx_install` in :ref:`Docu    348 Please see :ref:`sphinx_install` in :ref:`Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst <sphinxdoc>`
391 for details about Sphinx requirements.            349 for details about Sphinx requirements.
392                                                   350 
393 rustdoc                                        << 
394 -------                                        << 
395                                                << 
396 ``rustdoc`` is used to generate the documentat << 
397 Documentation/rust/general-information.rst for << 
398                                                << 
399 Getting updated software                          351 Getting updated software
400 ========================                          352 ========================
401                                                   353 
402 Kernel compilation                                354 Kernel compilation
403 ******************                                355 ******************
404                                                   356 
405 gcc                                               357 gcc
406 ---                                               358 ---
407                                                   359 
408 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>                    360 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>
409                                                   361 
410 Clang/LLVM                                        362 Clang/LLVM
411 ----------                                        363 ----------
412                                                   364 
413 - :ref:`Getting LLVM <getting_llvm>`.             365 - :ref:`Getting LLVM <getting_llvm>`.
414                                                   366 
415 Rust                                           << 
416 ----                                           << 
417                                                << 
418 - Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst.          << 
419                                                << 
420 bindgen                                        << 
421 -------                                        << 
422                                                << 
423 - Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst.          << 
424                                                << 
425 Make                                              367 Make
426 ----                                              368 ----
427                                                   369 
428 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/>                   370 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/>
429                                                   371 
430 Bash                                              372 Bash
431 ----                                              373 ----
432                                                   374 
433 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/>                   375 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/>
434                                                   376 
435 Binutils                                          377 Binutils
436 --------                                          378 --------
437                                                   379 
438 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binu    380 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/>
439                                                   381 
440 Flex                                              382 Flex
441 ----                                              383 ----
442                                                   384 
443 - <https://github.com/westes/flex/releases>       385 - <https://github.com/westes/flex/releases>
444                                                   386 
445 Bison                                             387 Bison
446 -----                                             388 -----
447                                                   389 
448 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/>                  390 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/>
449                                                   391 
450 OpenSSL                                           392 OpenSSL
451 -------                                           393 -------
452                                                   394 
453 - <https://www.openssl.org/>                      395 - <https://www.openssl.org/>
454                                                   396 
455 System utilities                                  397 System utilities
456 ****************                                  398 ****************
457                                                   399 
458 Util-linux                                        400 Util-linux
459 ----------                                        401 ----------
460                                                   402 
461 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util    403 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>
462                                                   404 
463 Kmod                                              405 Kmod
464 ----                                              406 ----
465                                                   407 
466 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern    408 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/>
467 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel    409 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git>
468                                                   410 
469 Ksymoops                                          411 Ksymoops
470 --------                                          412 --------
471                                                   413 
472 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern    414 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/>
473                                                   415 
474 Mkinitrd                                          416 Mkinitrd
475 --------                                          417 --------
476                                                   418 
477 - <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/mai    419 - <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/main>
478                                                   420 
479 E2fsprogs                                         421 E2fsprogs
480 ---------                                         422 ---------
481                                                   423 
482 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/peo    424 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/>
483 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fs    425 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/>
484                                                   426 
485 JFSutils                                          427 JFSutils
486 --------                                          428 --------
487                                                   429 
488 - <https://jfs.sourceforge.net/>               !! 430 - <http://jfs.sourceforge.net/>
489                                                   431 
490 Reiserfsprogs                                     432 Reiserfsprogs
491 -------------                                     433 -------------
492                                                   434 
493 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel    435 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeffm/reiserfsprogs.git/>
494                                                   436 
495 Xfsprogs                                          437 Xfsprogs
496 --------                                          438 --------
497                                                   439 
498 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfspr    440 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git>
499 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/x    441 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/xfs/xfsprogs/>
500                                                   442 
501 Pcmciautils                                       443 Pcmciautils
502 -----------                                       444 -----------
503                                                   445 
504 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern    446 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/>
505                                                   447 
506 Quota-tools                                       448 Quota-tools
507 -----------                                       449 -----------
508                                                   450 
509 - <https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota !! 451 - <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota/>
510                                                   452 
511                                                   453 
512 Intel P6 microcode                                454 Intel P6 microcode
513 ------------------                                455 ------------------
514                                                   456 
515 - <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/>             457 - <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/>
516                                                   458 
517 udev                                              459 udev
518 ----                                              460 ----
519                                                   461 
520 - <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/system    462 - <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/udev.html>
521                                                   463 
522 FUSE                                              464 FUSE
523 ----                                              465 ----
524                                                   466 
525 - <https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases    467 - <https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases>
526                                                   468 
527 mcelog                                            469 mcelog
528 ------                                            470 ------
529                                                   471 
530 - <https://www.mcelog.org/>                    !! 472 - <http://www.mcelog.org/>
531                                                   473 
532 cpio                                              474 cpio
533 ----                                              475 ----
534                                                   476 
535 - <https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/>            477 - <https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/>
536                                                   478 
537 Networking                                        479 Networking
538 **********                                        480 **********
539                                                   481 
540 PPP                                               482 PPP
541 ---                                               483 ---
542                                                   484 
543 - <https://download.samba.org/pub/ppp/>           485 - <https://download.samba.org/pub/ppp/>
544 - <https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git>             486 - <https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git>
545 - <https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/>            487 - <https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/>
546                                                   488 
547 NFS-utils                                         489 NFS-utils
548 ---------                                         490 ---------
549                                                   491 
550 - <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p !! 492 - <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14>
551 - <https://nfs.sourceforge.net/>               << 
552                                                   493 
553 Iptables                                          494 Iptables
554 --------                                          495 --------
555                                                   496 
556 - <https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/ind    497 - <https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html>
557                                                   498 
558 Ip-route2                                         499 Ip-route2
559 ---------                                         500 ---------
560                                                   501 
561 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/    502 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/>
562                                                   503 
563 OProfile                                          504 OProfile
564 --------                                          505 --------
565                                                   506 
566 - <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>          !! 507 - <http://oprofile.sf.net/download/>
                                                   >> 508 
                                                   >> 509 NFS-Utils
                                                   >> 510 ---------
                                                   >> 511 
                                                   >> 512 - <http://nfs.sourceforge.net/>
567                                                   513 
568 Kernel documentation                              514 Kernel documentation
569 ********************                              515 ********************
570                                                   516 
571 Sphinx                                            517 Sphinx
572 ------                                            518 ------
573                                                   519 
574 - <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/>                   520 - <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/>
                                                      

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