From: Manuel Ebner <manuelebnerli@mailbox.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Manuel Ebner <manuelebnerli@mailbox.org>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Docs: changes.rst, ver_linux: add tools
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:22:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260831152256.638615-2-manuelebnerli@mailbox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831151605.638172-2-manuelebnerli@mailbox.org>
lzma is required with HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA set to y
lzop is required with CRYPTO_LZO set to y
iproute2 is mentioned in changes below.
"ip-route2" -> "iproute2"
syslinux is and genisoimage needed for ´make isoimag´
mtools is required for genimage.sh
add tools to
changes.rst and ver_linux
Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebnerli@mailbox.org>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
---
should edk2/OVMF be added aswell?
it would be for arch/x86/boot/genimage.sh
---
Documentation/process/changes.rst | 10 ++++++++--
scripts/ver_linux | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index fb5ef7d743ba..b3fa980b63e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -41,17 +41,22 @@ Clang/LLVM (optional) 17.0.1 clang --version
e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V
flex 2.5.35 flex --version
gdb 7.2 gdb --version
+genisoimage 1.1.11 genisoimage --version
GNU awk (optional) 5.1.0 gawk --version
GNU C 8.1 gcc --version
GNU make 4.0 make --version
GNU tar 1.28 tar --version
GRUB 0.93 grub --version || grub-install --version
gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version
+iproute2 6.14.0 ip -V
iptables 1.4.2 iptables -V
jfsutils 1.1.3 fsck.jfs -V
kmod 13 kmod -V
+liblzma 5.8.1 lzma -V
+lzop 1.04 lzop -V
mcelog 0.6 mcelog --version
mkimage (optional) 2017.01 mkimage --version
+mtools 4.0.49 mtools -V
nfs-utils 1.0.5 showmount --version
openssl & libcrypto 1.0.0 openssl version
pahole 1.26 pahole --version
@@ -63,6 +68,7 @@ quota-tools 3.09 quota -V
Rust (optional) 1.85.0 rustc --version
Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 3.4.3 sphinx-build --version
squashfs-tools 4.0 mksquashfs -version
+syslinux 6.04 syslinux --version
udev 081 udevadm --version
util-linux 2.10o mount --version
xfsprogs 2.6.0 xfs_db -V
@@ -336,7 +342,7 @@ General changes
---------------
If you have advanced network configuration needs, you should probably
-consider using the network tools from ip-route2.
+consider using the network tools from iproute2.
Packet Filter / NAT
-------------------
@@ -557,7 +563,7 @@ Iptables
- <https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html>
-Ip-route2
+Iproute2
---------
- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/>
diff --git a/scripts/ver_linux b/scripts/ver_linux
index 00bdaf30d590..7495177843e5 100755
--- a/scripts/ver_linux
+++ b/scripts/ver_linux
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ BEGIN {
printversion("e2fsprogs", version("e2fsck -V"))
printversion("flex", version("flex --version"))
printversion("gdb", version("gdb -version"))
+ printversion("genisoimage", version("genisoimage --version"))
printversion("GNU awk", version("gawk --version"))
printversion("GNU C", version("gcc -dumpversion"))
printversion("GNU make", version("make --version"))
@@ -36,19 +37,23 @@ BEGIN {
printversion("GRUB2", version("grub2-install --version"))
printversion("GRUB", version("grub-install --version"))
printversion("gtags", version("gtags --version"))
+ printversion("iptroute2", version("ip -V"))
printversion("iptables", version("iptables -V"))
printversion("Isdn4k-utils", version("isdnctrl"))
printversion("jfsutils", version("fsck.jfs -V"))
printversion("Kbd", version("loadkeys -V"))
printversion("kmod", version("kmod -V"))
+ printversion("liblzma", version("lzma -V"))
while ("ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null" | getline > 0)
if ($NF ~ libc || $NF ~ libcpp)
if (!seen[ver = version("readlink " $NF)]++)
printversion("Linux C" ($NF ~ libcpp? "++" : "") " Library", ver)
+ printversion("lzop", version("lzop -V"))
printversion("mcelog", version("mcelog --version"))
printversion("mkimage", version("mkimage --version"))
+ printversion("mtools", version("mtools -V"))
printversion("Module-init-tools", version("depmod -V"))
printversion("Mount", version("mount --version"))
printversion("Net-tools", version("ifconfig --version"))
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ BEGIN {
printversion("Sh-utils", version("expr --v"))
printversion("Sphinx", version("sphinx-build --version"))
printversion("squashfs-tools", version("mksquashfs -version"))
+ printversion("systlinux", version("syslinux --version"))
printversion("udev", version("udevadm --version"))
printversion("util-linux", version("mount --version"))
printversion("Wireless-tools", version("iwconfig --version"))
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-31 15:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 15:16 [PATCH 0/4 v2] Docs: changes.rst: rework Manuel Ebner
2026-08-31 15:22 ` Manuel Ebner [this message]
2026-08-31 17:36 ` [PATCH 2/4] Docs: changes.rst, ver_linux: add tools Randy Dunlap
2026-08-31 15:24 ` [PATCH 3/4] Docs: pt_BR, it_IT: changes.rst: copy table from english source Manuel Ebner
2026-08-31 15:25 ` [PATCH] v2 Docs: changes.rst: introduce optional column Manuel Ebner
2026-08-31 16:32 ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-08-31 15:26 ` [PATCH 1/4] Docs: changes.rst: Refine language Manuel Ebner
2026-09-01 10:03 ` [PATCH 0/4 v2] Docs: changes.rst: rework Miguel Ojeda
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