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diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index e25d63f8c0da..adbb50ae5246 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils. ====================== =============== ======================================== GNU C 3.2 gcc --version GNU make 3.81 make --version -binutils 2.12 ld -v +binutils 2.20 ld -v util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version module-init-tools 0.9.10 depmod -V e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V @@ -75,10 +75,9 @@ You will need GNU make 3.81 or later to build the kernel. Binutils -------- -Linux on IA-32 has recently switched from using ``as86`` to using ``gas`` for -assembling the 16-bit boot code, removing the need for ``as86`` to compile -your kernel. This change does, however, mean that you need a recent -release of binutils. +The build system has, as of 4.13, switched to using thin archives (`ar T`) +rather than incremental linking (`ld -r`) for built-in.o intermediate steps. +This requires binutils 2.20 or newer. Perl ---- @@ -116,12 +115,11 @@ DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev Linux documentation for functions is transitioning to inline documentation via specially-formatted comments near their -definitions in the source. These comments can be combined with the -SGML templates in the Documentation/DocBook directory to make DocBook -files, which can then be converted by DocBook stylesheets to PostScript, -HTML, PDF files, and several other formats. In order to convert from -DocBook format to a format of your choice, you'll need to install Jade as -well as the desired DocBook stylesheets. +definitions in the source. These comments can be combined with ReST +files the Documentation/ directory to make enriched documentation, which can +then be converted to PostScript, HTML, LaTex, ePUB and PDF files. +In order to convert from ReST format to a format of your choice, you'll need +Sphinx. Util-linux ---------- @@ -323,12 +321,6 @@ PDF outputs, it is recommended to use version 1.4.6. functionalities required for ``XeLaTex`` to work. For PDF output you'll also need ``convert(1)`` from ImageMagick (https://www.imagemagick.org). -Other tools ------------ - -In order to produce documentation from DocBook, you'll also need ``xmlto``. -Please notice, however, that we're currently migrating all documents to use -``Sphinx``. Getting updated software ======================== @@ -409,15 +401,6 @@ Quota-tools - <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota/> -DocBook Stylesheets -------------------- - -- <http://sourceforge.net/projects/docbook/files/docbook-dsssl/> - -XMLTO XSLT Frontend -------------------- - -- <http://cyberelk.net/tim/xmlto/> Intel P6 microcode ------------------ |