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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 Rust (optional)        1.73.0           rustc --version
 35 bindgen (optional)     0.65.1           bindge     35 bindgen (optional)     0.65.1           bindgen --version
 36 GNU make               4.0              make - !!  36 GNU make               3.82             make --version
 37 bash                   4.2              bash -     37 bash                   4.2              bash --version
 38 binutils               2.25             ld -v      38 binutils               2.25             ld -v
 39 flex                   2.5.35           flex -     39 flex                   2.5.35           flex --version
 40 bison                  2.0              bison      40 bison                  2.0              bison --version
 41 pahole                 1.16             pahole     41 pahole                 1.16             pahole --version
 42 util-linux             2.10o            mount  !!  42 util-linux             2.10o            fdformat --version
 43 kmod                   13               depmod     43 kmod                   13               depmod -V
 44 e2fsprogs              1.41.4           e2fsck     44 e2fsprogs              1.41.4           e2fsck -V
 45 jfsutils               1.1.3            fsck.j     45 jfsutils               1.1.3            fsck.jfs -V
 46 reiserfsprogs          3.6.3            reiser     46 reiserfsprogs          3.6.3            reiserfsck -V
 47 xfsprogs               2.6.0            xfs_db     47 xfsprogs               2.6.0            xfs_db -V
 48 squashfs-tools         4.0              mksqua     48 squashfs-tools         4.0              mksquashfs -version
 49 btrfs-progs            0.18             btrfsc     49 btrfs-progs            0.18             btrfsck
 50 pcmciautils            004              pccard     50 pcmciautils            004              pccardctl -V
 51 quota-tools            3.09             quota      51 quota-tools            3.09             quota -V
 52 PPP                    2.4.0            pppd -     52 PPP                    2.4.0            pppd --version
 53 nfs-utils              1.0.5            showmo     53 nfs-utils              1.0.5            showmount --version
 54 procps                 3.2.0            ps --v     54 procps                 3.2.0            ps --version
 55 udev                   081              udevd      55 udev                   081              udevd --version
 56 grub                   0.93             grub -     56 grub                   0.93             grub --version || grub-install --version
 57 mcelog                 0.6              mcelog     57 mcelog                 0.6              mcelog --version
 58 iptables               1.4.2            iptabl     58 iptables               1.4.2            iptables -V
 59 openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openss     59 openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openssl version
 60 bc                     1.06.95          bc --v     60 bc                     1.06.95          bc --version
 61 Sphinx\ [#f1]_         2.4.4            sphinx !!  61 Sphinx\ [#f1]_         1.7              sphinx-build --version
 62 cpio                   any              cpio -     62 cpio                   any              cpio --version
 63 GNU tar                1.28             tar --     63 GNU tar                1.28             tar --version
 64 gtags (optional)       6.6.5            gtags      64 gtags (optional)       6.6.5            gtags --version
 65 mkimage (optional)     2017.01          mkimag << 
 66 Python (optional)      3.5.x            python << 
 67 ====================== ===============  ======     65 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 68                                                    66 
 69 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Ke     67 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
 70                                                    68 
 71 Kernel compilation                                 69 Kernel compilation
 72 ******************                                 70 ******************
 73                                                    71 
 74 GCC                                                72 GCC
 75 ---                                                73 ---
 76                                                    74 
 77 The gcc version requirements may vary dependin     75 The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your
 78 computer.                                          76 computer.
 79                                                    77 
 80 Clang/LLVM (optional)                              78 Clang/LLVM (optional)
 81 ---------------------                              79 ---------------------
 82                                                    80 
 83 The latest formal release of clang and LLVM ut     81 The latest formal release of clang and LLVM utils (according to
 84 `releases.llvm.org <https://releases.llvm.org>     82 `releases.llvm.org <https://releases.llvm.org>`_) are supported for building
 85 kernels. Older releases aren't guaranteed to w     83 kernels. Older releases aren't guaranteed to work, and we may drop workarounds
 86 from the kernel that were used to support olde     84 from the kernel that were used to support older versions. Please see additional
 87 docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <     85 docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <kbuild_llvm>`.
 88                                                    86 
 89 Rust (optional)                                    87 Rust (optional)
 90 ---------------                                    88 ---------------
 91                                                    89 
 92 A recent version of the Rust compiler is requi !!  90 A particular version of the Rust toolchain is required. Newer versions may or
                                                   >>  91 may not work because the kernel depends on some unstable Rust features, for
                                                   >>  92 the moment.
                                                   >>  93 
                                                   >>  94 Each Rust toolchain comes with several "components", some of which are required
                                                   >>  95 (like ``rustc``) and some that are optional. The ``rust-src`` component (which
                                                   >>  96 is optional) needs to be installed to build the kernel. Other components are
                                                   >>  97 useful for developing.
 93                                                    98 
 94 Please see Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst      99 Please see Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst for instructions on how to
 95 satisfy the build requirements of Rust support    100 satisfy the build requirements of Rust support. In particular, the ``Makefile``
 96 target ``rustavailable`` is useful to check wh    101 target ``rustavailable`` is useful to check why the Rust toolchain may not
 97 be detected.                                      102 be detected.
 98                                                   103 
 99 bindgen (optional)                                104 bindgen (optional)
100 ------------------                                105 ------------------
101                                                   106 
102 ``bindgen`` is used to generate the Rust bindi    107 ``bindgen`` is used to generate the Rust bindings to the C side of the kernel.
103 It depends on ``libclang``.                       108 It depends on ``libclang``.
104                                                   109 
105 Make                                              110 Make
106 ----                                              111 ----
107                                                   112 
108 You will need GNU make 4.0 or later to build t !! 113 You will need GNU make 3.82 or later to build the kernel.
109                                                   114 
110 Bash                                              115 Bash
111 ----                                              116 ----
112                                                   117 
113 Some bash scripts are used for the kernel buil    118 Some bash scripts are used for the kernel build.
114 Bash 4.2 or newer is needed.                      119 Bash 4.2 or newer is needed.
115                                                   120 
116 Binutils                                          121 Binutils
117 --------                                          122 --------
118                                                   123 
119 Binutils 2.25 or newer is needed to build the     124 Binutils 2.25 or newer is needed to build the kernel.
120                                                   125 
121 pkg-config                                        126 pkg-config
122 ----------                                        127 ----------
123                                                   128 
124 The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-con    129 The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-config to check for installed
125 kconfig tools and to determine flags settings     130 kconfig tools and to determine flags settings for use in
126 'make {g,x}config'.  Previously pkg-config was    131 'make {g,x}config'.  Previously pkg-config was being used but not
127 verified or documented.                           132 verified or documented.
128                                                   133 
129 Flex                                              134 Flex
130 ----                                              135 ----
131                                                   136 
132 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates l    137 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates lexical analyzers
133 during build.  This requires flex 2.5.35 or la    138 during build.  This requires flex 2.5.35 or later.
134                                                   139 
135                                                   140 
136 Bison                                             141 Bison
137 -----                                             142 -----
138                                                   143 
139 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates p    144 Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates parsers
140 during build.  This requires bison 2.0 or late    145 during build.  This requires bison 2.0 or later.
141                                                   146 
142 pahole                                         !! 147 pahole:
143 ------                                         !! 148 -------
144                                                   149 
145 Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is s    150 Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is selected, the build system
146 generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in     151 generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in vmlinux, a bit later from kernel
147 modules as well.  This requires pahole v1.16 o    152 modules as well.  This requires pahole v1.16 or later.
148                                                   153 
149 It is found in the 'dwarves' or 'pahole' distr    154 It is found in the 'dwarves' or 'pahole' distro packages or from
150 https://fedorapeople.org/~acme/dwarves/.          155 https://fedorapeople.org/~acme/dwarves/.
151                                                   156 
152 Perl                                              157 Perl
153 ----                                              158 ----
154                                                   159 
155 You will need perl 5 and the following modules    160 You will need perl 5 and the following modules: ``Getopt::Long``,
156 ``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``Fil    161 ``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``File::Find`` to build the kernel.
157                                                   162 
158 BC                                                163 BC
159 --                                                164 --
160                                                   165 
161 You will need bc to build kernels 3.10 and hig    166 You will need bc to build kernels 3.10 and higher
162                                                   167 
163                                                   168 
164 OpenSSL                                           169 OpenSSL
165 -------                                           170 -------
166                                                   171 
167 Module signing and external certificate handli    172 Module signing and external certificate handling use the OpenSSL program and
168 crypto library to do key creation and signatur    173 crypto library to do key creation and signature generation.
169                                                   174 
170 You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and    175 You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and higher if module signing is
171 enabled.  You will also need openssl developme    176 enabled.  You will also need openssl development packages to build kernels 4.3
172 and higher.                                       177 and higher.
173                                                   178 
174 Tar                                               179 Tar
175 ---                                               180 ---
176                                                   181 
177 GNU tar is needed if you want to enable access    182 GNU tar is needed if you want to enable access to the kernel headers via sysfs
178 (CONFIG_IKHEADERS).                               183 (CONFIG_IKHEADERS).
179                                                   184 
180 gtags / GNU GLOBAL (optional)                     185 gtags / GNU GLOBAL (optional)
181 -----------------------------                     186 -----------------------------
182                                                   187 
183 The kernel build requires GNU GLOBAL version 6    188 The kernel build requires GNU GLOBAL version 6.6.5 or later to generate
184 tag files through ``make gtags``.  This is due    189 tag files through ``make gtags``.  This is due to its use of the gtags
185 ``-C (--directory)`` flag.                        190 ``-C (--directory)`` flag.
186                                                   191 
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                                                << 
195 System utilities                                  192 System utilities
196 ****************                                  193 ****************
197                                                   194 
198 Architectural changes                             195 Architectural changes
199 ---------------------                             196 ---------------------
200                                                   197 
201 DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev        198 DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev
202 (https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel    199 (https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/)
203                                                   200 
204 32-bit UID support is now in place.  Have fun!    201 32-bit UID support is now in place.  Have fun!
205                                                   202 
206 Linux documentation for functions is transitio    203 Linux documentation for functions is transitioning to inline
207 documentation via specially-formatted comments    204 documentation via specially-formatted comments near their
208 definitions in the source.  These comments can    205 definitions in the source.  These comments can be combined with ReST
209 files the Documentation/ directory to make enr    206 files the Documentation/ directory to make enriched documentation, which can
210 then be converted to PostScript, HTML, LaTex,     207 then be converted to PostScript, HTML, LaTex, ePUB and PDF files.
211 In order to convert from ReST format to a form    208 In order to convert from ReST format to a format of your choice, you'll need
212 Sphinx.                                           209 Sphinx.
213                                                   210 
214 Util-linux                                        211 Util-linux
215 ----------                                        212 ----------
216                                                   213 
217 New versions of util-linux provide ``fdisk`` s    214 New versions of util-linux provide ``fdisk`` support for larger disks,
218 support new options to mount, recognize more s    215 support new options to mount, recognize more supported partition
219 types, and similar goodies.                    !! 216 types, have a fdformat which works with 2.4 kernels, and similar goodies.
220 You'll probably want to upgrade.                  217 You'll probably want to upgrade.
221                                                   218 
222 Ksymoops                                          219 Ksymoops
223 --------                                          220 --------
224                                                   221 
225 If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oop    222 If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oopses, you may need the
226 ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases     223 ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases you don't.
227 It is generally preferred to build the kernel     224 It is generally preferred to build the kernel with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` so
228 that it produces readable dumps that can be us    225 that it produces readable dumps that can be used as-is (this also
229 produces better output than ksymoops).  If for    226 produces better output than ksymoops).  If for some reason your kernel
230 is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you     227 is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you have no way to rebuild and
231 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you     228 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still decode that Oops
232 with ksymoops.                                    229 with ksymoops.
233                                                   230 
234 Mkinitrd                                          231 Mkinitrd
235 --------                                          232 --------
236                                                   233 
237 These changes to the ``/lib/modules`` file tre    234 These changes to the ``/lib/modules`` file tree layout also require that
238 mkinitrd be upgraded.                             235 mkinitrd be upgraded.
239                                                   236 
240 E2fsprogs                                         237 E2fsprogs
241 ---------                                         238 ---------
242                                                   239 
243 The latest version of ``e2fsprogs`` fixes seve    240 The latest version of ``e2fsprogs`` fixes several bugs in fsck and
244 debugfs.  Obviously, it's a good idea to upgra    241 debugfs.  Obviously, it's a good idea to upgrade.
245                                                   242 
246 JFSutils                                          243 JFSutils
247 --------                                          244 --------
248                                                   245 
249 The ``jfsutils`` package contains the utilitie    246 The ``jfsutils`` package contains the utilities for the file system.
250 The following utilities are available:            247 The following utilities are available:
251                                                   248 
252 - ``fsck.jfs`` - initiate replay of the transa    249 - ``fsck.jfs`` - initiate replay of the transaction log, and check
253   and repair a JFS formatted partition.           250   and repair a JFS formatted partition.
254                                                   251 
255 - ``mkfs.jfs`` - create a JFS formatted partit    252 - ``mkfs.jfs`` - create a JFS formatted partition.
256                                                   253 
257 - other file system utilities are also availab    254 - other file system utilities are also available in this package.
258                                                   255 
259 Reiserfsprogs                                     256 Reiserfsprogs
260 -------------                                     257 -------------
261                                                   258 
262 The reiserfsprogs package should be used for r    259 The reiserfsprogs package should be used for reiserfs-3.6.x
263 (Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined packag    260 (Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined package and contains working
264 versions of ``mkreiserfs``, ``resize_reiserfs`    261 versions of ``mkreiserfs``, ``resize_reiserfs``, ``debugreiserfs`` and
265 ``reiserfsck``. These utils work on both i386     262 ``reiserfsck``. These utils work on both i386 and alpha platforms.
266                                                   263 
267 Xfsprogs                                          264 Xfsprogs
268 --------                                          265 --------
269                                                   266 
270 The latest version of ``xfsprogs`` contains ``    267 The latest version of ``xfsprogs`` contains ``mkfs.xfs``, ``xfs_db``, and the
271 ``xfs_repair`` utilities, among others, for th    268 ``xfs_repair`` utilities, among others, for the XFS filesystem.  It is
272 architecture independent and any version from     269 architecture independent and any version from 2.0.0 onward should
273 work correctly with this version of the XFS ke    270 work correctly with this version of the XFS kernel code (2.6.0 or
274 later is recommended, due to some significant     271 later is recommended, due to some significant improvements).
275                                                   272 
276 PCMCIAutils                                       273 PCMCIAutils
277 -----------                                       274 -----------
278                                                   275 
279 PCMCIAutils replaces ``pcmcia-cs``. It properl    276 PCMCIAutils replaces ``pcmcia-cs``. It properly sets up
280 PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the    277 PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the appropriate modules
281 for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is mod    278 for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is modularized and the hotplug
282 subsystem is used.                                279 subsystem is used.
283                                                   280 
284 Quota-tools                                       281 Quota-tools
285 -----------                                       282 -----------
286                                                   283 
287 Support for 32 bit uid's and gid's is required    284 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    285 the newer version 2 quota format.  Quota-tools version 3.07 and
289 newer has this support.  Use the recommended v    286 newer has this support.  Use the recommended version or newer
290 from the table above.                             287 from the table above.
291                                                   288 
292 Intel IA32 microcode                              289 Intel IA32 microcode
293 --------------------                              290 --------------------
294                                                   291 
295 A driver has been added to allow updating of I    292 A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode,
296 accessible as a normal (misc) character device    293 accessible as a normal (misc) character device.  If you are not using
297 udev you may need to::                            294 udev you may need to::
298                                                   295 
299   mkdir /dev/cpu                                  296   mkdir /dev/cpu
300   mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184               297   mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184
301   chmod 0644 /dev/cpu/microcode                   298   chmod 0644 /dev/cpu/microcode
302                                                   299 
303 as root before you can use this.  You'll proba    300 as root before you can use this.  You'll probably also want to
304 get the user-space microcode_ctl utility to us    301 get the user-space microcode_ctl utility to use with this.
305                                                   302 
306 udev                                              303 udev
307 ----                                              304 ----
308                                                   305 
309 ``udev`` is a userspace application for popula    306 ``udev`` is a userspace application for populating ``/dev`` dynamically with
310 only entries for devices actually present. ``u    307 only entries for devices actually present. ``udev`` replaces the basic
311 functionality of devfs, while allowing persist    308 functionality of devfs, while allowing persistent device naming for
312 devices.                                          309 devices.
313                                                   310 
314 FUSE                                              311 FUSE
315 ----                                              312 ----
316                                                   313 
317 Needs libfuse 2.4.0 or later.  Absolute minimu    314 Needs libfuse 2.4.0 or later.  Absolute minimum is 2.3.0 but mount
318 options ``direct_io`` and ``kernel_cache`` won    315 options ``direct_io`` and ``kernel_cache`` won't work.
319                                                   316 
320 Networking                                        317 Networking
321 **********                                        318 **********
322                                                   319 
323 General changes                                   320 General changes
324 ---------------                                   321 ---------------
325                                                   322 
326 If you have advanced network configuration nee    323 If you have advanced network configuration needs, you should probably
327 consider using the network tools from ip-route    324 consider using the network tools from ip-route2.
328                                                   325 
329 Packet Filter / NAT                               326 Packet Filter / NAT
330 -------------------                               327 -------------------
331 The packet filtering and NAT code uses the sam    328 The packet filtering and NAT code uses the same tools like the previous 2.4.x
332 kernel series (iptables).  It still includes b    329 kernel series (iptables).  It still includes backwards-compatibility modules
333 for 2.2.x-style ipchains and 2.0.x-style ipfwa    330 for 2.2.x-style ipchains and 2.0.x-style ipfwadm.
334                                                   331 
335 PPP                                               332 PPP
336 ---                                               333 ---
337                                                   334 
338 The PPP driver has been restructured to suppor    335 The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to
339 enable it to operate over diverse media layers    336 enable it to operate over diverse media layers.  If you use PPP,
340 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.                   337 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.
341                                                   338 
342 If you are not using udev, you must have the d    339 If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
343 which can be made by::                            340 which can be made by::
344                                                   341 
345   mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0                          342   mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
346                                                   343 
347 as root.                                          344 as root.
348                                                   345 
349 NFS-utils                                         346 NFS-utils
350 ---------                                         347 ---------
351                                                   348 
352 In ancient (2.4 and earlier) kernels, the nfs     349 In ancient (2.4 and earlier) kernels, the nfs server needed to know
353 about any client that expected to be able to a    350 about any client that expected to be able to access files via NFS.  This
354 information would be given to the kernel by ``    351 information would be given to the kernel by ``mountd`` when the client
355 mounted the filesystem, or by ``exportfs`` at     352 mounted the filesystem, or by ``exportfs`` at system startup.  exportfs
356 would take information about active clients fr    353 would take information about active clients from ``/var/lib/nfs/rmtab``.
357                                                   354 
358 This approach is quite fragile as it depends o    355 This approach is quite fragile as it depends on rmtab being correct
359 which is not always easy, particularly when tr    356 which is not always easy, particularly when trying to implement
360 fail-over.  Even when the system is working we    357 fail-over.  Even when the system is working well, ``rmtab`` suffers from
361 getting lots of old entries that never get rem    358 getting lots of old entries that never get removed.
362                                                   359 
363 With modern kernels we have the option of havi    360 With modern kernels we have the option of having the kernel tell mountd
364 when it gets a request from an unknown host, a    361 when it gets a request from an unknown host, and mountd can give
365 appropriate export information to the kernel.     362 appropriate export information to the kernel.  This removes the
366 dependency on ``rmtab`` and means that the ker    363 dependency on ``rmtab`` and means that the kernel only needs to know about
367 currently active clients.                         364 currently active clients.
368                                                   365 
369 To enable this new functionality, you need to:    366 To enable this new functionality, you need to::
370                                                   367 
371   mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd                368   mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd
372                                                   369 
373 before running exportfs or mountd.  It is reco    370 before running exportfs or mountd.  It is recommended that all NFS
374 services be protected from the internet-at-lar    371 services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where
375 that is possible.                                 372 that is possible.
376                                                   373 
377 mcelog                                            374 mcelog
378 ------                                            375 ------
379                                                   376 
380 On x86 kernels the mcelog utility is needed to    377 On x86 kernels the mcelog utility is needed to process and log machine check
381 events when ``CONFIG_X86_MCE`` is enabled. Mac    378 events when ``CONFIG_X86_MCE`` is enabled. Machine check events are errors
382 reported by the CPU. Processing them is strong    379 reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged.
383                                                   380 
384 Kernel documentation                              381 Kernel documentation
385 ********************                              382 ********************
386                                                   383 
387 Sphinx                                            384 Sphinx
388 ------                                            385 ------
389                                                   386 
390 Please see :ref:`sphinx_install` in :ref:`Docu    387 Please see :ref:`sphinx_install` in :ref:`Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst <sphinxdoc>`
391 for details about Sphinx requirements.            388 for details about Sphinx requirements.
392                                                   389 
393 rustdoc                                           390 rustdoc
394 -------                                           391 -------
395                                                   392 
396 ``rustdoc`` is used to generate the documentat    393 ``rustdoc`` is used to generate the documentation for Rust code. Please see
397 Documentation/rust/general-information.rst for    394 Documentation/rust/general-information.rst for more information.
398                                                   395 
399 Getting updated software                          396 Getting updated software
400 ========================                          397 ========================
401                                                   398 
402 Kernel compilation                                399 Kernel compilation
403 ******************                                400 ******************
404                                                   401 
405 gcc                                               402 gcc
406 ---                                               403 ---
407                                                   404 
408 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>                    405 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>
409                                                   406 
410 Clang/LLVM                                        407 Clang/LLVM
411 ----------                                        408 ----------
412                                                   409 
413 - :ref:`Getting LLVM <getting_llvm>`.             410 - :ref:`Getting LLVM <getting_llvm>`.
414                                                   411 
415 Rust                                              412 Rust
416 ----                                              413 ----
417                                                   414 
418 - Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst.             415 - Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst.
419                                                   416 
420 bindgen                                           417 bindgen
421 -------                                           418 -------
422                                                   419 
423 - Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst.             420 - Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst.
424                                                   421 
425 Make                                              422 Make
426 ----                                              423 ----
427                                                   424 
428 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/>                   425 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/>
429                                                   426 
430 Bash                                              427 Bash
431 ----                                              428 ----
432                                                   429 
433 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/>                   430 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/>
434                                                   431 
435 Binutils                                          432 Binutils
436 --------                                          433 --------
437                                                   434 
438 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binu    435 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/>
439                                                   436 
440 Flex                                              437 Flex
441 ----                                              438 ----
442                                                   439 
443 - <https://github.com/westes/flex/releases>       440 - <https://github.com/westes/flex/releases>
444                                                   441 
445 Bison                                             442 Bison
446 -----                                             443 -----
447                                                   444 
448 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/>                  445 - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/>
449                                                   446 
450 OpenSSL                                           447 OpenSSL
451 -------                                           448 -------
452                                                   449 
453 - <https://www.openssl.org/>                      450 - <https://www.openssl.org/>
454                                                   451 
455 System utilities                                  452 System utilities
456 ****************                                  453 ****************
457                                                   454 
458 Util-linux                                        455 Util-linux
459 ----------                                        456 ----------
460                                                   457 
461 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util    458 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>
462                                                   459 
463 Kmod                                              460 Kmod
464 ----                                              461 ----
465                                                   462 
466 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern    463 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/>
467 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel    464 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git>
468                                                   465 
469 Ksymoops                                          466 Ksymoops
470 --------                                          467 --------
471                                                   468 
472 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern    469 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/>
473                                                   470 
474 Mkinitrd                                          471 Mkinitrd
475 --------                                          472 --------
476                                                   473 
477 - <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/mai    474 - <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/main>
478                                                   475 
479 E2fsprogs                                         476 E2fsprogs
480 ---------                                         477 ---------
481                                                   478 
482 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/peo    479 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/>
483 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fs    480 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/>
484                                                   481 
485 JFSutils                                          482 JFSutils
486 --------                                          483 --------
487                                                   484 
488 - <https://jfs.sourceforge.net/>                  485 - <https://jfs.sourceforge.net/>
489                                                   486 
490 Reiserfsprogs                                     487 Reiserfsprogs
491 -------------                                     488 -------------
492                                                   489 
493 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel    490 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeffm/reiserfsprogs.git/>
494                                                   491 
495 Xfsprogs                                          492 Xfsprogs
496 --------                                          493 --------
497                                                   494 
498 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfspr    495 - <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git>
499 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/x    496 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/xfs/xfsprogs/>
500                                                   497 
501 Pcmciautils                                       498 Pcmciautils
502 -----------                                       499 -----------
503                                                   500 
504 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kern    501 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/>
505                                                   502 
506 Quota-tools                                       503 Quota-tools
507 -----------                                       504 -----------
508                                                   505 
509 - <https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota    506 - <https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota/>
510                                                   507 
511                                                   508 
512 Intel P6 microcode                                509 Intel P6 microcode
513 ------------------                                510 ------------------
514                                                   511 
515 - <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/>             512 - <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/>
516                                                   513 
517 udev                                              514 udev
518 ----                                              515 ----
519                                                   516 
520 - <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/system    517 - <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/udev.html>
521                                                   518 
522 FUSE                                              519 FUSE
523 ----                                              520 ----
524                                                   521 
525 - <https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases    522 - <https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases>
526                                                   523 
527 mcelog                                            524 mcelog
528 ------                                            525 ------
529                                                   526 
530 - <https://www.mcelog.org/>                       527 - <https://www.mcelog.org/>
531                                                   528 
532 cpio                                              529 cpio
533 ----                                              530 ----
534                                                   531 
535 - <https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/>            532 - <https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/>
536                                                   533 
537 Networking                                        534 Networking
538 **********                                        535 **********
539                                                   536 
540 PPP                                               537 PPP
541 ---                                               538 ---
542                                                   539 
543 - <https://download.samba.org/pub/ppp/>           540 - <https://download.samba.org/pub/ppp/>
544 - <https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git>             541 - <https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git>
545 - <https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/>            542 - <https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/>
546                                                   543 
547 NFS-utils                                         544 NFS-utils
548 ---------                                         545 ---------
549                                                   546 
550 - <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p    547 - <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14>
551 - <https://nfs.sourceforge.net/>                  548 - <https://nfs.sourceforge.net/>
552                                                   549 
553 Iptables                                          550 Iptables
554 --------                                          551 --------
555                                                   552 
556 - <https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/ind    553 - <https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html>
557                                                   554 
558 Ip-route2                                         555 Ip-route2
559 ---------                                         556 ---------
560                                                   557 
561 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/    558 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/>
562                                                   559 
563 OProfile                                          560 OProfile
564 --------                                          561 --------
565                                                   562 
566 - <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>             563 - <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>
567                                                   564 
568 Kernel documentation                              565 Kernel documentation
569 ********************                              566 ********************
570                                                   567 
571 Sphinx                                            568 Sphinx
572 ------                                            569 ------
573                                                   570 
574 - <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/>                   571 - <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/>
                                                      

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