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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Changes | 26 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index b95082be4d5e..6d0f1efc5bf6 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes | |||
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself with | |||
29 | isdn4k-utils. | 29 | isdn4k-utils. |
30 | 30 | ||
31 | o Gnu C 3.2 # gcc --version | 31 | o Gnu C 3.2 # gcc --version |
32 | o Gnu make 3.79.1 # make --version | 32 | o Gnu make 3.80 # make --version |
33 | o binutils 2.12 # ld -v | 33 | o binutils 2.12 # ld -v |
34 | o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version | 34 | o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version |
35 | o module-init-tools 0.9.10 # depmod -V | 35 | o module-init-tools 0.9.10 # depmod -V |
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version | |||
48 | o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version | 48 | o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version |
49 | o udev 081 # udevinfo -V | 49 | o udev 081 # udevinfo -V |
50 | o grub 0.93 # grub --version | 50 | o grub 0.93 # grub --version |
51 | o mcelog 0.6 | ||
51 | 52 | ||
52 | Kernel compilation | 53 | Kernel compilation |
53 | ================== | 54 | ================== |
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ computer. | |||
61 | Make | 62 | Make |
62 | ---- | 63 | ---- |
63 | 64 | ||
64 | You will need Gnu make 3.79.1 or later to build the kernel. | 65 | You will need Gnu make 3.80 or later to build the kernel. |
65 | 66 | ||
66 | Binutils | 67 | Binutils |
67 | -------- | 68 | -------- |
@@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ assembling the 16-bit boot code, removing the need for as86 to compile | |||
71 | your kernel. This change does, however, mean that you need a recent | 72 | your kernel. This change does, however, mean that you need a recent |
72 | release of binutils. | 73 | release of binutils. |
73 | 74 | ||
75 | Perl | ||
76 | ---- | ||
77 | |||
78 | You will need perl 5 and the following modules: Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, | ||
79 | File::Basename, and File::Find to build the kernel. | ||
80 | |||
81 | |||
74 | System utilities | 82 | System utilities |
75 | ================ | 83 | ================ |
76 | 84 | ||
@@ -276,6 +284,16 @@ before running exportfs or mountd. It is recommended that all NFS | |||
276 | services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where | 284 | services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where |
277 | that is possible. | 285 | that is possible. |
278 | 286 | ||
287 | mcelog | ||
288 | ------ | ||
289 | |||
290 | In Linux 2.6.31+ the i386 kernel needs to run the mcelog utility | ||
291 | as a regular cronjob similar to the x86-64 kernel to process and log | ||
292 | machine check events when CONFIG_X86_NEW_MCE is enabled. Machine check | ||
293 | events are errors reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged. | ||
294 | All x86-64 kernels since 2.6.4 require the mcelog utility to | ||
295 | process machine checks. | ||
296 | |||
279 | Getting updated software | 297 | Getting updated software |
280 | ======================== | 298 | ======================== |
281 | 299 | ||
@@ -365,6 +383,10 @@ FUSE | |||
365 | ---- | 383 | ---- |
366 | o <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse> | 384 | o <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse> |
367 | 385 | ||
386 | mcelog | ||
387 | ------ | ||
388 | o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cpu/mce/mcelog/> | ||
389 | |||
368 | Networking | 390 | Networking |
369 | ********** | 391 | ********** |
370 | 392 | ||