From nobody Tue Mar 3 05:10:20 2026 Received: from mail.cock.li (unknown [37.120.193.123]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C61B30499A; Mon, 2 Mar 2026 18:27:22 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=37.120.193.123 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772476046; cv=none; b=MrLY7QebeL/XyXu2aBKLfZMdKqVGmzXTsVm3LwGAj482oUklQEqc3hBwM1XDCkygnHhhwCPQnakQlx1SRSBonBXAMNLPsn1L0fWwi33mgDpubT9aPuBQo+Ywm5Zgp/cNan9GrfvhB2tLenodv33CL8rd6pFYlrrUsbKRS1aGNDE= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772476046; c=relaxed/simple; bh=IUrib7DNdywGKcEMO1D/SXe1yLasGi+DhvXteZsGrZ8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=izRS4jS+gm6R/TntoC3v2tpIgx1ZEDXO59iOcXrOFgXUlG9yqDbbgpK7QweztFQEJLqmPKQb5qcSwTaNEvefuvPjla5pMkn7TmAH6rVVc1avlLWYoeImfGw6hAi+ip6XaDRX8QT1SycyFsPkE9K24o4xI1CVKRHUJNTXjzmeANk= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=airmail.cc; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=airmail.cc; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=airmail.cc header.i=@airmail.cc header.b=BrJ+jOFR; arc=none smtp.client-ip=37.120.193.123 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=airmail.cc Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=airmail.cc Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=airmail.cc header.i=@airmail.cc header.b="BrJ+jOFR" From: Manuel Ebner DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=airmail.cc; s=mail; t=1772476039; bh=IUrib7DNdywGKcEMO1D/SXe1yLasGi+DhvXteZsGrZ8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=BrJ+jOFRDJ7j7AJvqZEzd+amo0I3QCM5z0GdzVhNUGJpAE3UD4XxGZdLQD89VPq2t EolU0IVUVNUXxm3dIJvIXR8saHzgPhZZZc+QCZKIZ1zCKmCExxzgoFSWN32tiy0JFq HQoT6wL0N1H3qTK7BaxtVAkHrPr4bvK0Ht3b1FaiIWHa1rl6Ub8jtrmYpkWpGbWSS1 iXT6Nt2M6sScB3domZUOKeQ/Zz/IjSfC1qWQIkIRR0iKW/b2SyiBY/AIdZ5/J5pJ+9 m7VQUu2X2GrwKMlregcvHuDjwx5+qwg7CXAe+zmo93n0OQ2nvNIMqxqnvWz1BhwwbR jtjsuGo2imMoA== To: Jonathan Corbet , Collin Funk , Shuah Khan Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Manuel Ebner Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] workflow: process/changes.rst: sort and cleanup list Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 19:26:31 +0100 Message-ID: <20260302182629.87194-3-manuelebner@airmail.cc> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 In-Reply-To: <20260302182405.86829-2-manuelebner@airmail.cc> References: <20260302182405.86829-2-manuelebner@airmail.cc> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" It is a pain in the ass to compare the software versions on the running system with the minimal required versions (process/changes.rst). Sorting both lists the same way makes side-by-side comparisons a simple tas= k. add gdb version 7.2 as mentioned in: Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py sort table of required software versions alphabetically add reference to scripts/ver_linux needn't -> do not need to Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner --- Documentation/process/changes.rst | 54 ++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/chan= ges.rst index 6b373e193548..41c97163e67e 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -24,45 +24,47 @@ running, the suggested command should tell you. Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you are already functionally running a Linux kernel. Also, not all tools are necessary on all systems; obviously, if you don't have any PC Card hardware, for example, -you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils. +you probably do not need to concern yourself with pcmciautils. 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