From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mout-p-102.mailbox.org (mout-p-102.mailbox.org [80.241.56.152]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2CF053822B5; Sun, 27 Sep 2026 10:04:46 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.241.56.152 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790503489; cv=none; b=KZY1P74i4BPDynX9fRJLLKOA8/jK2ks+iL/W593Y2q9Ql5KTx9xxkjp0AqE3ebpkFJzBy/CMgz1BYvjJ+ZL3ZsGVs43CHFIby2lHdDmxpAVLXimxhzSnftTz+pO0ReJsVenOlIN+JzvL91pan4Q5VRC2X/rr80bTW76uNxXAaAk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790503489; c=relaxed/simple; bh=90xiEUN5KxiDaoM/U66Fsk+6l5IYVxSniyU3Z6JsKjQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=KgMQSO9OX5c1hMjaIfGewWo2o6ltp2TQHCGvzbyJtVKZNMH5c5BwqtSAJBwuH2tkig3EHdg83JF7oLLB9ce7sExP9lYffd5dJOgfX7HC0JnxlUvH64ZSb9fGAsyYcDs869JTxNbJpeNG8JBCFt4tgLobtlBxOo04Tan/W6Ea0pI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=mailbox.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=mailbox.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=mailbox.org header.i=@mailbox.org header.b=FNe1PY63; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.241.56.152 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=mailbox.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=mailbox.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=mailbox.org header.i=@mailbox.org header.b="FNe1PY63" Received: from smtp202.mailbox.org (smtp202.mailbox.org [IPv6:2001:67c:2050:b231:465::202]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519MLKEM768 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mout-p-102.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4ht0FF5bG3zKmTP; Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:56:01 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mailbox.org; s=mail20150812; t=1790502961; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=f1pVNscHFIFNHSERIixqOv7sH99O3Iy1QxsB/idegdQ=; b=FNe1PY63MqXFR4UUUL2nvMy1pTF7T6lkhahv8vAs5e+Ldyo+ixaw5v0a2yjxHV7XuD430n VDqN9ux3lt649BNAsnN54m6idRr+a9erYyc1v9dMTSvTrES6WGtDnyaUgc2ZwRf75tp8Uu nKD8DIkSUx4nZqFepE2bBIdFlbO7UhuQk1pm/GWbm1pw4Eegpo9HRXCBAa8fhkyHB31DZe h/KJl9xar6j+dTn12i83LDw0rcV4lt2k8ZT81Z1o7bKdWZbRXbDrxRZVIAh2QJFnOyWDrN l1cc7Wpmzo263X5ZsBFboCsFwvxiifME4xyHPtFC0CACCk69Np3661ZSYq1onw== From: Manuel Ebner To: Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Randy Dunlap Cc: Manuel Ebner , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v3 RESEND] Docs: changes.rst: Refine language Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:53:18 +0200 Message-ID: <20260927095318.1077890-2-manuelebnerli@mailbox.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MBO-RS-META: 7b195pnibdcfoxxtxzfdyodxwazuqtys X-MBO-RS-ID: 626fd30a7934801542a This document grew over the years and isn't limited to compilling or running the kernel anymore. Update the heading and intro accordingly. Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner Acked-by: Randy Dunlap --- [v3] - improved commit message - removed other patches from this series, they are due later. [original SEND] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260905055655.789265-2-manuelebnerli@mailbox.org/ [v2] - no change to this patch https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260831152607.639027-2-manuelebnerli@mailbox.org/ [v1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260812121945.1635085-2-manuelebnerli@mailbox.org/ --- Documentation/process/changes.rst | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 0aa232b11..eb339eb8c 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -1,13 +1,14 @@ .. _changes: -Minimal requirements to compile the Kernel -++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +Minimal requirements to interact with the Kernel +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Intro ===== -This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum levels of -software necessary to run the current kernel version. +This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum versions of +software necessary to change code, compile, install and boot the current +kernel version. This document is originally based on my "Changes" file for 2.0.x kernels and therefore owes credit to the same people as that file (Jared Mauch, -- 2.54.0