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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Intro
=====
This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum levels of
-software necessary to run the 4.x kernels.
+software necessary to run the current kernel version.
This document is originally based on my "Changes" file for 2.0.x kernels
and therefore owes credit to the same people as that file (Jared Mauch,
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils.
GNU C 5.1 gcc --version
Clang/LLVM (optional) 11.0.0 clang --version
GNU make 3.81 make --version
+bash 4.2 bash --version
binutils 2.23 ld -v
flex 2.5.35 flex --version
bison 2.0 bison --version
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ iptables 1.4.2 iptables -V
openssl & libcrypto 1.0.0 openssl version
bc 1.06.95 bc --version
Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 1.7 sphinx-build --version
+cpio any cpio --version
====================== =============== ========================================
.. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
@@ -83,6 +85,12 @@ Make
You will need GNU make 3.81 or later to build the kernel.
+Bash
+----
+
+Some bash scripts are used for the kernel build.
+Bash 4.2 or newer is needed.
+
Binutils
--------
@@ -361,6 +369,11 @@ Make
- <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/>
+Bash
+----
+
+- <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/>
+
Binutils
--------
@@ -458,6 +471,11 @@ mcelog
- <http://www.mcelog.org/>
+cpio
+----
+
+- <https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/>
+
Networking
**********