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diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index 07c75d18154e..227bec88021e 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ Perl You will need perl 5 and the following modules: Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, File::Basename, and File::Find to build the kernel. +BC +-- + +You will need bc to build kernels 3.10 and higher + System utilities ================ @@ -275,12 +280,9 @@ that is possible. mcelog ------ -In Linux 2.6.31+ the i386 kernel needs to run the mcelog utility -as a regular cronjob similar to the x86-64 kernel to process and log -machine check events when CONFIG_X86_NEW_MCE is enabled. Machine check -events are errors reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged. -All x86-64 kernels since 2.6.4 require the mcelog utility to -process machine checks. +On x86 kernels the mcelog utility is needed to process and log machine check +events when CONFIG_X86_MCE is enabled. Machine check events are errors reported +by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged. Getting updated software ======================== |