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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself with
isdn4k-utils.
o Gnu C 3.2 # gcc --version
-o Gnu make 3.79.1 # make --version
+o Gnu make 3.80 # make --version
o binutils 2.12 # ld -v
o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version
o module-init-tools 0.9.10 # depmod -V
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version
o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version
o udev 081 # udevinfo -V
o grub 0.93 # grub --version
+o mcelog 0.6
Kernel compilation
==================
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ computer.
Make
----
-You will need Gnu make 3.79.1 or later to build the kernel.
+You will need Gnu make 3.80 or later to build the kernel.
Binutils
--------
@@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ assembling the 16-bit boot code, removing the need for as86 to compile
your kernel. This change does, however, mean that you need a recent
release of binutils.
+Perl
+----
+
+You will need perl 5 and the following modules: Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std,
+File::Basename, and File::Find to build the kernel.
+
+
System utilities
================
@@ -276,6 +284,16 @@ before running exportfs or mountd. It is recommended that all NFS
services be protected from the internet-at-large by a firewall where
that is possible.
+mcelog
+------
+
+In Linux 2.6.31+ the i386 kernel needs to run the mcelog utility
+as a regular cronjob similar to the x86-64 kernel to process and log
+machine check events when CONFIG_X86_NEW_MCE is enabled. Machine check
+events are errors reported by the CPU. Processing them is strongly encouraged.
+All x86-64 kernels since 2.6.4 require the mcelog utility to
+process machine checks.
+
Getting updated software
========================
@@ -365,6 +383,10 @@ FUSE
----
o <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse>
+mcelog
+------
+o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cpu/mce/mcelog/>
+
Networking
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