[PATCH 3/5] Docs: software-requirements.rst: add lzop, lzma and ip-route2
From: Manuel Ebner
Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 08:32:13 EST
lzma is required with HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA set to y
lzop is required with CRYPTO_LZO set to y
ip-route2 is mentioned in software-requirements below.
add tools to
software-requirements.rst
ver_linux
Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebnerli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/software-requirements.rst | 4 ++++
scripts/ver_linux | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/software-requirements.rst b/Documentation/process/software-requirements.rst
index 69d31a3b5be3..5fdfcf6a0c01 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/software-requirements.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/software-requirements.rst
@@ -47,9 +47,12 @@ 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
+ip-route2 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
nfs-utils 1.0.5 showmount --version
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ squashfs-tools 4.0 mksquashfs -version
udev 081 udevadm --version
util-linux 2.10o mount --version
xfsprogs 2.6.0 xfs_db -V
+xz 5.8.1 xz -V
====================== =============== ========================================
.. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
diff --git a/scripts/ver_linux b/scripts/ver_linux
index 1d860c8a37f3..5e99a5699f1a 100755
--- a/scripts/ver_linux
+++ b/scripts/ver_linux
@@ -37,16 +37,19 @@ BEGIN {
printversion("GRUB", version("grub-install --version"))
printversion("gtags", version("gtags --version"))
printversion("iptables", version("iptables -V"))
+ printversion("ip-route2", version("ip -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 --version"))
printversion("mcelog", version("mcelog --version"))
printversion("mkimage", version("mkimage --version"))
printversion("Module-init-tools", version("depmod -V"))
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ BEGIN {
printversion("util-linux", version("mount --version"))
printversion("Wireless-tools", version("iwconfig --version"))
printversion("xfsprogs", version("xfs_db -V"))
+ printversion("xz", version("xz -V"))
while ("sort /proc/modules" | getline > 0) {
mods = mods sep $1
--
2.54.0