- except src/udev/* which is (currently still) GPLv2, GPLv2+
REQUIREMENTS:
- Linux kernel >= 3.0
- Linux kernel >= 3.3 for loop device partition support features with nspawn
+ Linux kernel >= 3.7
Linux kernel >= 3.8 for Smack support
Kernel Config Options:
CONFIG_PROC_FS
CONFIG_FHANDLE (libudev, mount and bind mount handling)
- Udev will fail to work with the legacy layout:
+ udev will fail to work with the legacy sysfs layout:
CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=n
Legacy hotplug slows down the system and confuses udev:
CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH=""
- Userspace firmware loading is deprecated, will go away, and
- sometimes causes problems:
+ Userspace firmware loading is not supported and should
+ be disabled in the kernel:
CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n
Some udev rules and virtualization detection relies on it:
libqrencode (optional)
libmicrohttpd (optional)
libpython (optional)
+ libidn (optional)
gobject-introspection > 1.40.0 (optional)
elfutils >= 158 (optional)
make, gcc, and similar tools
During runtime, you need the following additional
dependencies:
- util-linux >= v2.19 (requires fsck -l, agetty -s),
- v2.21 required for tests in test/
+ util-linux >= v2.25 required
dbus >= 1.4.0 (strictly speaking optional, but recommended)
- sulogin (from util-linux >= 2.22 or sysvinit-tools, optional but recommended,
- required for tests in test/)
dracut (optional)
PolicyKit (optional)