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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself with
29isdn4k-utils. 29isdn4k-utils.
30 30
31o Gnu C 3.2 # gcc --version 31o Gnu C 3.2 # gcc --version
32o Gnu make 3.79.1 # make --version 32o Gnu make 3.80 # make --version
33o binutils 2.12 # ld -v 33o binutils 2.12 # ld -v
34o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version 34o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version
35o module-init-tools 0.9.10 # depmod -V 35o module-init-tools 0.9.10 # depmod -V
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version
48o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version 48o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version
49o udev 081 # udevinfo -V 49o udev 081 # udevinfo -V
50o grub 0.93 # grub --version 50o grub 0.93 # grub --version
51o mcelog 0.6
51 52
52Kernel compilation 53Kernel compilation
53================== 54==================
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ computer.
61Make 62Make
62---- 63----
63 64
64You will need Gnu make 3.79.1 or later to build the kernel. 65You will need Gnu make 3.80 or later to build the kernel.
65 66
66Binutils 67Binutils
67-------- 68--------
@@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ assembling the 16-bit boot code, removing the need for as86 to compile
71your kernel. This change does, however, mean that you need a recent 72your kernel. This change does, however, mean that you need a recent
72release of binutils. 73release of binutils.
73 74
75Perl
76----
77
78You will need perl 5 and the following modules: Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std,
79File::Basename, and File::Find to build the kernel.
80
81
74System utilities 82System utilities
75================ 83================
76 84
@@ -276,6 +284,16 @@ before running exportfs or mountd. It is recommended that all NFS
276services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where 284services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where
277that is possible. 285that is possible.
278 286
287mcelog
288------
289
290In Linux 2.6.31+ the i386 kernel needs to run the mcelog utility
291as a regular cronjob similar to the x86-64 kernel to process and log
292machine check events when CONFIG_X86_NEW_MCE is enabled. Machine check
293events are errors reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged.
294All x86-64 kernels since 2.6.4 require the mcelog utility to
295process machine checks.
296
279Getting updated software 297Getting updated software
280======================== 298========================
281 299
@@ -365,6 +383,10 @@ FUSE
365---- 383----
366o <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse> 384o <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse>
367 385
386mcelog
387------
388o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cpu/mce/mcelog/>
389
368Networking 390Networking
369********** 391**********
370 392