From: Elvira Khabirova Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:17:59 +0000 (+0300) Subject: README: add system requirements and beautify the file X-Git-Tag: v4.13~132 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e547035d29728a4204a76029592cadba45d8db9f;p=strace README: add system requirements and beautify the file --- diff --git a/README b/README index 4ef0834a..ae808005 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,17 +1,24 @@ This is strace, a system call tracer for Linux. strace is released under a Berkeley-style license at the request -of Paul Kranenburg; see the file COPYING for details. +of Paul Kranenburg. See the file CREDITS for a list of authors and other contributors. - See the file INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions. +See the file NEWS for information on what has changed in recent versions. -See the file NEWS for information on what has changed in recent -versions. +The project's homepage is at + https://sourceforge.net/projects/strace/ -You can get the latest version of strace from its homepage at -http://sourceforge.net/projects/strace/ . +strace has a mailing list: + strace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net. -Please send bug reports and enhancements to the strace -mailinglist at strace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net. +System requirements: + * Linux kernel >= 2.6.18 is recommended. Older versions might still work + but they haven't been thoroughly tested with this release. + * Linux kernel >= 2.5.46 is required. + Older versions without a decent PTRACE_SETOPTIONS support will not work. + * On mips, linux kernel >= 2.6.15 is required. + Older versions without a decent PTRACE_GETREGS support will not work. + * On s390 and s390x, linux kernel >= 2.6.27 is required. + Older versions without a decent PTRACE_GETREGSET support will not work.