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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils.
====================== =============== ========================================
GNU C 5.1 gcc --version
Clang/LLVM (optional) 11.0.0 clang --version
-Rust (optional) 1.62.0 rustc --version
+Rust (optional) 1.68.2 rustc --version
bindgen (optional) 0.56.0 bindgen --version
GNU make 3.82 make --version
bash 4.2 bash --version
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ 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
====================== =============== ========================================
.. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
@@ -174,6 +176,18 @@ 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).
+
+gtags / GNU GLOBAL (optional)
+-----------------------------
+
+The kernel build requires GNU GLOBAL version 6.6.5 or later to generate
+tag files through ``make gtags``. This is due to its use of the gtags
+``-C (--directory)`` flag.
System utilities
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