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authorJason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>2018-08-16 23:13:03 +0300
committerJason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>2018-08-16 23:21:29 +0300
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Merge branch 'linus/master' into rdma.git for-next
rdma.git merge resolution for the 4.19 merge window Conflicts: drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c - Use the rdma code and revise with the new spelling for atomic_fetch_add_unless drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c - Replace max_sge with max_send_sge in new blk code drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c - Use the blk code and revise to use NULL for ib_post_recv when appropriate - Replace max_sge with max_recv_sge in new blk code net/rds/ib_send.c - Use the net code and revise to use NULL for ib_post_recv when appropriate Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
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@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ binutils 2.20 ld -v
flex 2.5.35 flex --version
bison 2.0 bison --version
util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version
-module-init-tools 0.9.10 depmod -V
+kmod 13 depmod -V
e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V
jfsutils 1.1.3 fsck.jfs -V
reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 reiserfsck -V
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ The build system has, as of 4.13, switched to using thin archives (`ar T`)
rather than incremental linking (`ld -r`) for built-in.a intermediate steps.
This requires binutils 2.20 or newer.
+pkg-config
+----------
+
+The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-config to check for installed
+kconfig tools and to determine flags settings for use in
+'make {menu,n,g,x}config'. Previously pkg-config was being used but not
+verified or documented.
+
Flex
----
@@ -156,12 +164,6 @@ is not build with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` and you have no way to rebuild and
reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still decode that Oops
with ksymoops.
-Module-Init-Tools
------------------
-
-A new module loader is now in the kernel that requires ``module-init-tools``
-to use. It is backward compatible with the 2.4.x series kernels.
-
Mkinitrd
--------
@@ -371,16 +373,17 @@ Util-linux
- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>
+Kmod
+----
+
+- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/>
+- <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git>
+
Ksymoops
--------
- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/>
-Module-Init-Tools
------------------
-
-- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/module-init-tools/>
-
Mkinitrd
--------