[PATCH v2 3/2] docs: changes: better document Python needs

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Sat Jul 12 2025 - 04:33:47 EST


Python is listed as an optional dependency, but this is not
true, as kernel-doc is called during compilation when DRM is
enabled. Better document that.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/changes.rst | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index bccfa19b45df..6a7d7c1ee274 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Sphinx\ [#f1]_ 3.4.3 sphinx-build --version
GNU tar 1.28 tar --version
gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version
mkimage (optional) 2017.01 mkimage --version
-Python (optional) 3.9.x python3 --version
+Python 3.9.x python3 --version
GNU AWK (optional) 5.1.0 gawk --version
====================== =============== ========================================

@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ Perl
You will need perl 5 and the following modules: ``Getopt::Long``,
``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``File::Find`` to build the kernel.

+Python
+------
+
+At least Python 2.7 or 3.4 is required if CONFIG_DRM is selected to avoid
+breaking compilation. Documentation build and kernel-doc won't produce
+valid results if version is below 3.7.
+
BC
--

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2.50.0