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1 | Intro |
2 | ===== | |
3 | ||
4 | This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum levels of | |
5 | software necessary to run the 2.6 kernels, as well as provide brief | |
6 | instructions regarding any other "Gotchas" users may encounter when | |
7 | trying life on the Bleeding Edge. If upgrading from a pre-2.4.x | |
8 | kernel, please consult the Changes file included with 2.4.x kernels for | |
9 | additional information; most of that information will not be repeated | |
10 | here. Basically, this document assumes that your system is already | |
11 | functional and running at least 2.4.x kernels. | |
12 | ||
13 | This document is originally based on my "Changes" file for 2.0.x kernels | |
14 | and therefore owes credit to the same people as that file (Jared Mauch, | |
15 | Axel Boldt, Alessandro Sigala, and countless other users all over the | |
16 | 'net). | |
17 | ||
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18 | Current Minimal Requirements |
19 | ============================ | |
20 | ||
21 | Upgrade to at *least* these software revisions before thinking you've | |
22 | encountered a bug! If you're unsure what version you're currently | |
23 | running, the suggested command should tell you. | |
24 | ||
25 | Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you are already | |
26 | functionally running a Linux 2.4 kernel. Also, not all tools are | |
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27 | necessary on all systems; obviously, if you don't have any ISDN |
28 | hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself with | |
29 | isdn4k-utils. | |
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a1365647 | 31 | o Gnu C 3.2 # gcc --version |
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32 | o Gnu make 3.79.1 # make --version |
33 | o binutils 2.12 # ld -v | |
34 | o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version | |
35 | o module-init-tools 0.9.10 # depmod -V | |
36 | o e2fsprogs 1.29 # tune2fs | |
37 | o jfsutils 1.1.3 # fsck.jfs -V | |
38 | o reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 # reiserfsck -V 2>&1|grep reiserfsprogs | |
39 | o xfsprogs 2.6.0 # xfs_db -V | |
e4121712 | 40 | o pcmciautils 004 # pccardctl -V |
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41 | o quota-tools 3.09 # quota -V |
42 | o PPP 2.4.0 # pppd --version | |
43 | o isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version | |
44 | o nfs-utils 1.0.5 # showmount --version | |
45 | o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version | |
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e4121712 | 47 | o udev 081 # udevinfo -V |
c3887cd7 | 48 | o grub 0.93 # grub --version |
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49 | |
50 | Kernel compilation | |
51 | ================== | |
52 | ||
53 | GCC | |
54 | --- | |
55 | ||
56 | The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your | |
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58 | |
59 | Make | |
60 | ---- | |
61 | ||
62 | You will need Gnu make 3.79.1 or later to build the kernel. | |
63 | ||
64 | Binutils | |
65 | -------- | |
66 | ||
67 | Linux on IA-32 has recently switched from using as86 to using gas for | |
68 | assembling the 16-bit boot code, removing the need for as86 to compile | |
69 | your kernel. This change does, however, mean that you need a recent | |
70 | release of binutils. | |
71 | ||
72 | System utilities | |
73 | ================ | |
74 | ||
75 | Architectural changes | |
76 | --------------------- | |
77 | ||
78 | DevFS has been obsoleted in favour of udev | |
79 | (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/) | |
80 | ||
81 | 32-bit UID support is now in place. Have fun! | |
82 | ||
83 | Linux documentation for functions is transitioning to inline | |
84 | documentation via specially-formatted comments near their | |
85 | definitions in the source. These comments can be combined with the | |
86 | SGML templates in the Documentation/DocBook directory to make DocBook | |
87 | files, which can then be converted by DocBook stylesheets to PostScript, | |
88 | HTML, PDF files, and several other formats. In order to convert from | |
89 | DocBook format to a format of your choice, you'll need to install Jade as | |
90 | well as the desired DocBook stylesheets. | |
91 | ||
92 | Util-linux | |
93 | ---------- | |
94 | ||
95 | New versions of util-linux provide *fdisk support for larger disks, | |
96 | support new options to mount, recognize more supported partition | |
97 | types, have a fdformat which works with 2.4 kernels, and similar goodies. | |
98 | You'll probably want to upgrade. | |
99 | ||
100 | Ksymoops | |
101 | -------- | |
102 | ||
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103 | If the unthinkable happens and your kernel oopses, you may need the |
104 | ksymoops tool to decode it, but in most cases you don't. | |
105 | In the 2.6 kernel it is generally preferred to build the kernel with | |
106 | CONFIG_KALLSYMS so that it produces readable dumps that can be used as-is | |
107 | (this also produces better output than ksymoops). | |
108 | If for some reason your kernel is not build with CONFIG_KALLSYMS and | |
109 | you have no way to rebuild and reproduce the Oops with that option, then | |
110 | you can still decode that Oops with ksymoops. | |
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111 | |
112 | Module-Init-Tools | |
113 | ----------------- | |
114 | ||
115 | A new module loader is now in the kernel that requires module-init-tools | |
116 | to use. It is backward compatible with the 2.4.x series kernels. | |
117 | ||
118 | Mkinitrd | |
119 | -------- | |
120 | ||
121 | These changes to the /lib/modules file tree layout also require that | |
122 | mkinitrd be upgraded. | |
123 | ||
124 | E2fsprogs | |
125 | --------- | |
126 | ||
127 | The latest version of e2fsprogs fixes several bugs in fsck and | |
128 | debugfs. Obviously, it's a good idea to upgrade. | |
129 | ||
130 | JFSutils | |
131 | -------- | |
132 | ||
133 | The jfsutils package contains the utilities for the file system. | |
134 | The following utilities are available: | |
135 | o fsck.jfs - initiate replay of the transaction log, and check | |
136 | and repair a JFS formatted partition. | |
137 | o mkfs.jfs - create a JFS formatted partition. | |
138 | o other file system utilities are also available in this package. | |
139 | ||
140 | Reiserfsprogs | |
141 | ------------- | |
142 | ||
143 | The reiserfsprogs package should be used for reiserfs-3.6.x | |
144 | (Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined package and contains working | |
145 | versions of mkreiserfs, resize_reiserfs, debugreiserfs and | |
146 | reiserfsck. These utils work on both i386 and alpha platforms. | |
147 | ||
148 | Xfsprogs | |
149 | -------- | |
150 | ||
151 | The latest version of xfsprogs contains mkfs.xfs, xfs_db, and the | |
152 | xfs_repair utilities, among others, for the XFS filesystem. It is | |
153 | architecture independent and any version from 2.0.0 onward should | |
154 | work correctly with this version of the XFS kernel code (2.6.0 or | |
155 | later is recommended, due to some significant improvements). | |
156 | ||
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157 | PCMCIAutils |
158 | ----------- | |
159 | ||
160 | PCMCIAutils replaces pcmcia-cs (see below). It properly sets up | |
161 | PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the appropriate modules | |
162 | for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is modularized and the hotplug | |
163 | subsystem is used. | |
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164 | |
165 | Pcmcia-cs | |
166 | --------- | |
167 | ||
168 | PCMCIA (PC Card) support is now partially implemented in the main | |
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169 | kernel source. The "pcmciautils" package (see above) replaces pcmcia-cs |
170 | for newest kernels. | |
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171 | |
172 | Quota-tools | |
173 | ----------- | |
174 | ||
175 | Support for 32 bit uid's and gid's is required if you want to use | |
176 | the newer version 2 quota format. Quota-tools version 3.07 and | |
177 | newer has this support. Use the recommended version or newer | |
178 | from the table above. | |
179 | ||
180 | Intel IA32 microcode | |
181 | -------------------- | |
182 | ||
183 | A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode, | |
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184 | accessible as a normal (misc) character device. If you are not using |
185 | udev you may need to: | |
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186 | |
187 | mkdir /dev/cpu | |
188 | mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184 | |
189 | chmod 0644 /dev/cpu/microcode | |
190 | ||
191 | as root before you can use this. You'll probably also want to | |
192 | get the user-space microcode_ctl utility to use with this. | |
193 | ||
194 | Powertweak | |
195 | ---------- | |
196 | ||
197 | If you are running v0.1.17 or earlier, you should upgrade to | |
198 | version v0.99.0 or higher. Running old versions may cause problems | |
199 | with programs using shared memory. | |
200 | ||
201 | udev | |
202 | ---- | |
203 | udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with | |
890fbae2 | 204 | only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces the basic |
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890fbae2 | 206 | devices. |
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208 | FUSE |
209 | ---- | |
210 | ||
211 | Needs libfuse 2.4.0 or later. Absolute minimum is 2.3.0 but mount | |
212 | options 'direct_io' and 'kernel_cache' won't work. | |
213 | ||
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214 | Networking |
215 | ========== | |
216 | ||
217 | General changes | |
218 | --------------- | |
219 | ||
220 | If you have advanced network configuration needs, you should probably | |
221 | consider using the network tools from ip-route2. | |
222 | ||
223 | Packet Filter / NAT | |
224 | ------------------- | |
225 | The packet filtering and NAT code uses the same tools like the previous 2.4.x | |
226 | kernel series (iptables). It still includes backwards-compatibility modules | |
227 | for 2.2.x-style ipchains and 2.0.x-style ipfwadm. | |
228 | ||
229 | PPP | |
230 | --- | |
231 | ||
232 | The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to | |
233 | enable it to operate over diverse media layers. If you use PPP, | |
234 | upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0. | |
235 | ||
890fbae2 | 236 | If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp |
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237 | which can be made by: |
238 | ||
239 | mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0 | |
240 | ||
241 | as root. | |
242 | ||
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243 | Isdn4k-utils |
244 | ------------ | |
245 | ||
246 | Due to changes in the length of the phone number field, isdn4k-utils | |
247 | needs to be recompiled or (preferably) upgraded. | |
248 | ||
249 | NFS-utils | |
250 | --------- | |
251 | ||
252 | In 2.4 and earlier kernels, the nfs server needed to know about any | |
253 | client that expected to be able to access files via NFS. This | |
254 | information would be given to the kernel by "mountd" when the client | |
255 | mounted the filesystem, or by "exportfs" at system startup. exportfs | |
256 | would take information about active clients from /var/lib/nfs/rmtab. | |
257 | ||
258 | This approach is quite fragile as it depends on rmtab being correct | |
259 | which is not always easy, particularly when trying to implement | |
260 | fail-over. Even when the system is working well, rmtab suffers from | |
261 | getting lots of old entries that never get removed. | |
262 | ||
263 | With 2.6 we have the option of having the kernel tell mountd when it | |
264 | gets a request from an unknown host, and mountd can give appropriate | |
265 | export information to the kernel. This removes the dependency on | |
266 | rmtab and means that the kernel only needs to know about currently | |
267 | active clients. | |
268 | ||
269 | To enable this new functionality, you need to: | |
270 | ||
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272 | |
273 | before running exportfs or mountd. It is recommended that all NFS | |
274 | services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where | |
275 | that is possible. | |
276 | ||
277 | Getting updated software | |
278 | ======================== | |
279 | ||
280 | Kernel compilation | |
281 | ****************** | |
282 | ||
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283 | gcc |
284 | --- | |
285 | o <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/> | |
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286 | |
287 | Make | |
288 | ---- | |
289 | o <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/> | |
290 | ||
291 | Binutils | |
292 | -------- | |
293 | o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/> | |
294 | ||
295 | System utilities | |
296 | **************** | |
297 | ||
298 | Util-linux | |
299 | ---------- | |
300 | o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/> | |
301 | ||
302 | Ksymoops | |
303 | -------- | |
304 | o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/> | |
305 | ||
306 | Module-Init-Tools | |
307 | ----------------- | |
308 | o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/> | |
309 | ||
310 | Mkinitrd | |
311 | -------- | |
312 | o <ftp://rawhide.redhat.com/pub/rawhide/SRPMS/SRPMS/> | |
313 | ||
314 | E2fsprogs | |
315 | --------- | |
316 | o <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.29.tar.gz> | |
317 | ||
318 | JFSutils | |
319 | -------- | |
320 | o <http://jfs.sourceforge.net/> | |
321 | ||
322 | Reiserfsprogs | |
323 | ------------- | |
324 | o <http://www.namesys.com/pub/reiserfsprogs/reiserfsprogs-3.6.3.tar.gz> | |
325 | ||
326 | Xfsprogs | |
327 | -------- | |
328 | o <ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/> | |
329 | ||
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330 | Pcmciautils |
331 | ----------- | |
332 | o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/> | |
333 | ||
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334 | Pcmcia-cs |
335 | --------- | |
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337 | |
338 | Quota-tools | |
339 | ---------- | |
340 | o <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota/> | |
341 | ||
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342 | DocBook Stylesheets |
343 | ------------------- | |
344 | o <http://nwalsh.com/docbook/dsssl/> | |
345 | ||
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346 | XMLTO XSLT Frontend |
347 | ------------------- | |
348 | o <http://cyberelk.net/tim/xmlto/> | |
349 | ||
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350 | Intel P6 microcode |
351 | ------------------ | |
352 | o <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/> | |
353 | ||
354 | Powertweak | |
355 | ---------- | |
356 | o <http://powertweak.sourceforge.net/> | |
357 | ||
358 | udev | |
359 | ---- | |
360 | o <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html> | |
361 | ||
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362 | FUSE |
363 | ---- | |
364 | o <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse> | |
365 | ||
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366 | Networking |
367 | ********** | |
368 | ||
369 | PPP | |
370 | --- | |
371 | o <ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/ppp-2.4.0.tar.gz> | |
372 | ||
373 | Isdn4k-utils | |
374 | ------------ | |
375 | o <ftp://ftp.isdn4linux.de/pub/isdn4linux/utils/isdn4k-utils.v3.1pre1.tar.gz> | |
376 | ||
377 | NFS-utils | |
378 | --------- | |
379 | o <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14> | |
380 | ||
381 | Iptables | |
382 | -------- | |
383 | o <http://www.iptables.org/downloads.html> | |
384 | ||
385 | Ip-route2 | |
386 | --------- | |
387 | o <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/iproute2-2.2.4-now-ss991023.tar.gz> | |
388 | ||
389 | OProfile | |
390 | -------- | |
391 | o <http://oprofile.sf.net/download/> | |
392 | ||
393 | NFS-Utils | |
394 | --------- | |
395 | o <http://nfs.sourceforge.net/> | |
396 |