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diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index ef540865ad22..5561dae94f85 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils. ====================== =============== ======================================== GNU C 5.1 gcc --version Clang/LLVM (optional) 11.0.0 clang --version -Rust (optional) 1.62.0 rustc --version +Rust (optional) 1.68.2 rustc --version bindgen (optional) 0.56.0 bindgen --version GNU make 3.82 make --version bash 4.2 bash --version @@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ openssl & libcrypto 1.0.0 openssl version bc 1.06.95 bc --version Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 1.7 sphinx-build --version cpio any cpio --version +GNU tar 1.28 tar --version +gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version ====================== =============== ======================================== .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation @@ -174,6 +176,18 @@ 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. +Tar +--- + +GNU tar is needed if you want to enable access to the kernel headers via sysfs +(CONFIG_IKHEADERS). + +gtags / GNU GLOBAL (optional) +----------------------------- + +The kernel build requires GNU GLOBAL version 6.6.5 or later to generate +tag files through ``make gtags``. This is due to its use of the gtags +``-C (--directory)`` flag. System utilities **************** |