From 30b9c8f8e53c017523b05023059149b4c8808cc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 18:32:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] document needed Linux kernel build dependencies

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 static/build.html | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/static/build.html b/static/build.html
index eb778486..f4e04483 100644
--- a/static/build.html
+++ b/static/build.html
@@ -207,6 +207,21 @@
             self-updating variant avoids dealing with out-of-date distribution packages and
             depends on GPG to verify updates.</p>
 
+            <p>Additional Linux kernel build dependencies not provided by the source tree:</p>
+
+            <ul>
+                <li>make</li>
+                <li>gcc (for the host, not the target)</li>
+                <li>binutils (for the host, not the target)</li>
+                <li>which</li>
+                <li>bc</li>
+                <li>cmp (diffutils)</li>
+            </ul>
+
+            <p>The dependency on the host gcc and binutils for building utilities during the build
+            process is being phased out by using the same LLVM toolchain as building and linking
+            for the target.</p>
+
             <ul>
                 <li>x86_64 Linux build environment (macOS is not supported, unlike AOSP which
                 partially supports it)</li>