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diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 7ef8de58f7f8..3fc63f27c226 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils. ====================== =============== ======================================== GNU C 5.1 gcc --version Clang/LLVM (optional) 13.0.1 clang --version -Rust (optional) 1.76.0 rustc --version +Rust (optional) 1.78.0 rustc --version bindgen (optional) 0.65.1 bindgen --version -GNU make 3.82 make --version +GNU make 4.0 make --version bash 4.2 bash --version binutils 2.25 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version @@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 2.4.4 sphinx-build --version cpio any cpio --version GNU tar 1.28 tar --version gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version +mkimage (optional) 2017.01 mkimage --version +Python (optional) 3.5.x python3 --version ====================== =============== ======================================== .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation @@ -87,14 +89,7 @@ docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <kbuild_llvm>`. Rust (optional) --------------- -A particular version of the Rust toolchain is required. Newer versions may or -may not work because the kernel depends on some unstable Rust features, for -the moment. - -Each Rust toolchain comes with several "components", some of which are required -(like ``rustc``) and some that are optional. The ``rust-src`` component (which -is optional) needs to be installed to build the kernel. Other components are -useful for developing. +A recent version of the Rust compiler is required. Please see Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst for instructions on how to satisfy the build requirements of Rust support. In particular, the ``Makefile`` @@ -110,7 +105,7 @@ It depends on ``libclang``. Make ---- -You will need GNU make 3.82 or later to build the kernel. +You will need GNU make 4.0 or later to build the kernel. Bash ---- @@ -189,6 +184,14 @@ 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. +mkimage +------- + +This tool is used when building a Flat Image Tree (FIT), commonly used on ARM +platforms. The tool is available via the ``u-boot-tools`` package or can be +built from the U-Boot source code. See the instructions at +https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/build/tools.html#building-tools-for-linux + System utilities **************** |