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@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> 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@xxxxxxxxx>
> +
> gtags / GNU GLOBAL (optional)
> -----------------------------
>
> --
> 2.39.2
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