linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] doc: Add tar requirement to changes.rst

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Message-ID: <ZG5vvdlO8sTbqP4U@bergen.fjasle.eu>
Date:   Wed, 24 May 2023 22:12:45 +0200
From:   Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] doc: Add tar requirement to changes.rst

On Sun 21 May 2023 22:23:36 GMT, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> tar is used to build the kernel with CONFIG_IKHEADERS.
> 
> GNU tar 1.28 or later is required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> ---
> 
>  Documentation/process/changes.rst | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> index a9ef00509c9b..3c0074214d75 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ 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
>  ====================== ===============  ========================================
>  
> @@ -175,6 +176,12 @@ 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).

CONFIG_IKHEADERS does also require 'xz' (cp. kernel/gen_kheaders.sh), 
should it be mentioned in changes.rst as well?

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>


> +
>  gtags / GNU GLOBAL (optional)
>  -----------------------------
>  
> -- 
> 2.39.2

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