X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FChanges;h=6d0f1efc5bf60220e97277aa381df6ecec2971bb;hb=aa2cf420593b67cc93de7a3f675b2a88eba0505f;hp=488272074c36f348753817c4c07484fe8035da91;hpb=890fbae2818a045350b8d1e3bda61ceb88ff1d17;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index 4882720..6d0f1ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -29,23 +29,26 @@ hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils. o Gnu C 3.2 # gcc --version -o Gnu make 3.79.1 # make --version +o Gnu make 3.80 # make --version o binutils 2.12 # ld -v o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version o module-init-tools 0.9.10 # depmod -V -o e2fsprogs 1.29 # tune2fs +o e2fsprogs 1.41.4 # e2fsck -V o jfsutils 1.1.3 # fsck.jfs -V o reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 # reiserfsck -V 2>&1|grep reiserfsprogs o xfsprogs 2.6.0 # xfs_db -V -o pcmciautils 004 -o pcmcia-cs 3.1.21 # cardmgr -V +o squashfs-tools 4.0 # mksquashfs -version +o btrfs-progs 0.18 # btrfsck +o pcmciautils 004 # pccardctl -V o quota-tools 3.09 # quota -V o PPP 2.4.0 # pppd --version o isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version o nfs-utils 1.0.5 # showmount --version o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version -o udev 071 # udevinfo -V +o udev 081 # udevinfo -V +o grub 0.93 # grub --version +o mcelog 0.6 Kernel compilation ================== @@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ computer. Make ---- -You will need Gnu make 3.79.1 or later to build the kernel. +You will need Gnu make 3.80 or later to build the kernel. Binutils -------- @@ -69,6 +72,13 @@ 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. +Perl +---- + +You will need perl 5 and the following modules: Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, +File::Basename, and File::Find to build the kernel. + + System utilities ================ @@ -202,7 +212,7 @@ udev ---- udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces the basic -functionality of devfs, while allowing persistant device naming for +functionality of devfs, while allowing persistent device naming for devices. FUSE @@ -268,12 +278,22 @@ active clients. To enable this new functionality, you need to: - mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfs + mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd before running exportfs or mountd. It is recommended that all NFS services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where that is possible. +mcelog +------ + +In Linux 2.6.31+ the i386 kernel needs to run the mcelog utility +as a regular cronjob similar to the x86-64 kernel to process and log +machine check events when CONFIG_X86_NEW_MCE is enabled. Machine check +events are errors reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged. +All x86-64 kernels since 2.6.4 require the mcelog utility to +process machine checks. + Getting updated software ======================== @@ -363,6 +383,10 @@ FUSE ---- o +mcelog +------ +o + Networking **********