Re: [PATCH 1/2] scripts: add TOML config to container tool

[Guillaume Tucker]

On 28/08/2026 7:35 pm, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM Guillaume Tucker<gtucker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It states Python 3.9 which was already older than the 3.10 minimum
> > set when the container tool was merged.  Also my understanding is
> > that it's not a hard requirement for all the kernel tools, only for
> > building and producing a functioning kernel.  If I misunderstood this
> I didn't check at the moment, but at least back when the "(optional)"
> tag was removed, it was only required for certain configurations from
> what I understand (I am not sure why the tag was removed).

See "bc20c56e98e0 docs: changes: better document Python needs"

Also it's explained briefly in the docs here:

  https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/changes.html#python

So I guess that if it's needed for at least one build configuration,
then it's not optional anymore.

Guillaume