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 -- -- 2.50.0
