[PATCH 2/2] doc: Add tar requirement to changes.rst

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Sun May 21 2023 - 09:36:36 EST


tar is used to build the kernel with CONFIG_IKHEADERS.

GNU tar 1.28 or later is required.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Documentation/process/changes.rst | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index a9ef00509c9b..3c0074214d75 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ 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
====================== =============== ========================================

@@ -175,6 +176,12 @@ 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)
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