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diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..56ce66114665 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -0,0 +1,485 @@ +.. _changes: + +Minimal requirements to compile the Kernel +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +Intro +===== + +This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum levels of +software necessary to run the 4.x kernels. + +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, +Axel Boldt, Alessandro Sigala, and countless other users all over the +'net). + +Current Minimal Requirements +**************************** + +Upgrade to at **least** these software revisions before thinking you've +encountered a bug! If you're unsure what version you're currently +running, the suggested command should tell you. + +Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you are already functionally +running a Linux kernel. Also, not all tools are necessary on all +systems; obviously, if you don't have any ISDN hardware, for example, +you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils. + +====================== =============== ======================================== + Program Minimal version Command to check the version +====================== =============== ======================================== +GNU C 3.2 gcc --version +GNU make 3.80 make --version +binutils 2.12 ld -v +util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version +module-init-tools 0.9.10 depmod -V +e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V +jfsutils 1.1.3 fsck.jfs -V +reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 reiserfsck -V +xfsprogs 2.6.0 xfs_db -V +squashfs-tools 4.0 mksquashfs -version +btrfs-progs 0.18 btrfsck +pcmciautils 004 pccardctl -V +quota-tools 3.09 quota -V +PPP 2.4.0 pppd --version +isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version +nfs-utils 1.0.5 showmount --version +procps 3.2.0 ps --version +oprofile 0.9 oprofiled --version +udev 081 udevd --version +grub 0.93 grub --version || grub-install --version +mcelog 0.6 mcelog --version +iptables 1.4.2 iptables -V +openssl & libcrypto 1.0.0 openssl version +bc 1.06.95 bc --version +Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 1.2 sphinx-build --version +====================== =============== ======================================== + +.. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation + +Kernel compilation +****************** + +GCC +--- + +The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your +computer. + +Make +---- + +You will need GNU make 3.80 or later to build the kernel. + +Binutils +-------- + +Linux on IA-32 has recently switched from using ``as86`` to using ``gas`` for +assembling the 16-bit boot code, removing the need for ``as86`` to compile +your kernel. This change does, however, mean that you need a recent +release of binutils. + +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 + + +OpenSSL +------- + +Module signing and external certificate handling use the OpenSSL program and +crypto library to do key creation and signature generation. + +You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and higher if module signing is +enabled. You will also need openssl development packages to build kernels 4.3 +and higher. + + +System utilities +**************** + +Architectural changes +--------------------- + +DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev +(http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/) + +32-bit UID support is now in place. Have fun! + +Linux documentation for functions is transitioning to inline +documentation via specially-formatted comments near their +definitions in the source. These comments can be combined with the +SGML templates in the Documentation/DocBook directory to make DocBook +files, which can then be converted by DocBook stylesheets to PostScript, +HTML, PDF files, and several other formats. In order to convert from +DocBook format to a format of your choice, you'll need to install Jade as +well as the desired DocBook stylesheets. + +Util-linux +---------- + +New versions of util-linux provide ``fdisk`` support for larger disks, +support new options to mount, recognize more supported partition +types, have a fdformat which works with 2.4 kernels, and similar goodies. +You'll probably want to upgrade. + +Ksymoops +-------- + +If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oopses, you may need the +ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases you don't. +It is generally preferred to build the kernel with ``CONFIG_KALLSYMS`` so +that it produces readable dumps that can be used as-is (this also +produces better output than ksymoops). If for some reason your kernel +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 +-------- + +These changes to the ``/lib/modules`` file tree layout also require that +mkinitrd be upgraded. + +E2fsprogs +--------- + +The latest version of ``e2fsprogs`` fixes several bugs in fsck and +debugfs. Obviously, it's a good idea to upgrade. + +JFSutils +-------- + +The ``jfsutils`` package contains the utilities for the file system. +The following utilities are available: + +- ``fsck.jfs`` - initiate replay of the transaction log, and check + and repair a JFS formatted partition. + +- ``mkfs.jfs`` - create a JFS formatted partition. + +- other file system utilities are also available in this package. + +Reiserfsprogs +------------- + +The reiserfsprogs package should be used for reiserfs-3.6.x +(Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined package and contains working +versions of ``mkreiserfs``, ``resize_reiserfs``, ``debugreiserfs`` and +``reiserfsck``. These utils work on both i386 and alpha platforms. + +Xfsprogs +-------- + +The latest version of ``xfsprogs`` contains ``mkfs.xfs``, ``xfs_db``, and the +``xfs_repair`` utilities, among others, for the XFS filesystem. It is +architecture independent and any version from 2.0.0 onward should +work correctly with this version of the XFS kernel code (2.6.0 or +later is recommended, due to some significant improvements). + +PCMCIAutils +----------- + +PCMCIAutils replaces ``pcmcia-cs``. It properly sets up +PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the appropriate modules +for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is modularized and the hotplug +subsystem is used. + +Quota-tools +----------- + +Support for 32 bit uid's and gid's is required if you want to use +the newer version 2 quota format. Quota-tools version 3.07 and +newer has this support. Use the recommended version or newer +from the table above. + +Intel IA32 microcode +-------------------- + +A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode, +accessible as a normal (misc) character device. If you are not using +udev you may need to:: + + mkdir /dev/cpu + mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184 + chmod 0644 /dev/cpu/microcode + +as root before you can use this. You'll probably also want to +get the user-space microcode_ctl utility to use with this. + +udev +---- + +``udev`` is a userspace application for populating ``/dev`` dynamically with +only entries for devices actually present. ``udev`` replaces the basic +functionality of devfs, while allowing persistent device naming for +devices. + +FUSE +---- + +Needs libfuse 2.4.0 or later. Absolute minimum is 2.3.0 but mount +options ``direct_io`` and ``kernel_cache`` won't work. + +Networking +********** + +General changes +--------------- + +If you have advanced network configuration needs, you should probably +consider using the network tools from ip-route2. + +Packet Filter / NAT +------------------- +The packet filtering and NAT code uses the same tools like the previous 2.4.x +kernel series (iptables). It still includes backwards-compatibility modules +for 2.2.x-style ipchains and 2.0.x-style ipfwadm. + +PPP +--- + +The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to +enable it to operate over diverse media layers. If you use PPP, +upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0. + +If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp +which can be made by:: + + mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0 + +as root. + +Isdn4k-utils +------------ + +Due to changes in the length of the phone number field, isdn4k-utils +needs to be recompiled or (preferably) upgraded. + +NFS-utils +--------- + +In ancient (2.4 and earlier) kernels, the nfs server needed to know +about any client that expected to be able to access files via NFS. This +information would be given to the kernel by ``mountd`` when the client +mounted the filesystem, or by ``exportfs`` at system startup. exportfs +would take information about active clients from ``/var/lib/nfs/rmtab``. + +This approach is quite fragile as it depends on rmtab being correct +which is not always easy, particularly when trying to implement +fail-over. Even when the system is working well, ``rmtab`` suffers from +getting lots of old entries that never get removed. + +With modern kernels we have the option of having the kernel tell mountd +when it gets a request from an unknown host, and mountd can give +appropriate export information to the kernel. This removes the +dependency on ``rmtab`` and means that the kernel only needs to know about +currently active clients. + +To enable this new functionality, you need to:: + + mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd + +before running exportfs or mountd. It is recommended that all NFS +services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where +that is possible. + +mcelog +------ + +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. + +Kernel documentation +******************** + +Sphinx +------ + +The ReST markups currently used by the Documentation/ files are meant to be +built with ``Sphinx`` version 1.2 or upper. If you're desiring to build +PDF outputs, it is recommended to use version 1.4.6. + +.. note:: + + Please notice that, for PDF and LaTeX output, you'll also need ``XeLaTeX`` + version 3.14159265. Depending on the distribution, you may also need + to install a series of ``texlive`` packages that provide the minimal + set of functionalities required for ``XeLaTex`` to work. + +Other tools +----------- + +In order to produce documentation from DocBook, you'll also need ``xmlto``. +Please notice, however, that we're currently migrating all documents to use +``Sphinx``. + +Getting updated software +======================== + +Kernel compilation +****************** + +gcc +--- + +- <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/> + +Make +---- + +- <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/> + +Binutils +-------- + +- <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/> + +OpenSSL +------- + +- <https://www.openssl.org/> + +System utilities +**************** + +Util-linux +---------- + +- <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/> + +Ksymoops +-------- + +- <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/> + +Module-Init-Tools +----------------- + +- <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/> + +Mkinitrd +-------- + +- <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/main> + +E2fsprogs +--------- + +- <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.29.tar.gz> + +JFSutils +-------- + +- <http://jfs.sourceforge.net/> + +Reiserfsprogs +------------- + +- <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/reiserfs/> + +Xfsprogs +-------- + +- <ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/> + +Pcmciautils +----------- + +- <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/> + +Quota-tools +----------- + +- <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota/> + +DocBook Stylesheets +------------------- + +- <http://sourceforge.net/projects/docbook/files/docbook-dsssl/> + +XMLTO XSLT Frontend +------------------- + +- <http://cyberelk.net/tim/xmlto/> + +Intel P6 microcode +------------------ + +- <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/> + +udev +---- + +- <http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/udev.html> + +FUSE +---- + +- <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse> + +mcelog +------ + +- <http://www.mcelog.org/> + +Networking +********** + +PPP +--- + +- <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/> + +Isdn4k-utils +------------ + +- <ftp://ftp.isdn4linux.de/pub/isdn4linux/utils/> + +NFS-utils +--------- + +- <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14> + +Iptables +-------- + +- <http://www.iptables.org/downloads.html> + +Ip-route2 +--------- + +- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/> + +OProfile +-------- + +- <http://oprofile.sf.net/download/> + +NFS-Utils +--------- + +- <http://nfs.sourceforge.net/> + +Kernel documentation +******************** + +Sphinx +------ + +- <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/> |