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diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ReleaseNotes.txt index 4f8c26a5e6..0efa80764a 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes.txt +++ b/ReleaseNotes.txt @@ -192,6 +192,21 @@ many other POSIX-compliant host operating environments. To compile the custom gcc tool chain, you need the following tools on your host computer: bash, gcc,
gmake, curl (or wget).
+Only the MdePkg and EdkModulePkg are currently supported by gcc builds. Other
+builds, such as the EdkNt32Pkg, will not compile with gcc.
+
+----------------------------
+A Word on compiling on Linux
+----------------------------
+
+In order to compile on Linux, you will need to have the e2fsprogs-dev package
+installed. Check your distribution for the rpm, deb or other package format.
+This package contains the uuid library and header that are used by some of the
+host tools.
+
+If you are running on x86_64 Linux, then you should install a 64 bit version of
+the Java JDK. The version that was used was jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-amd64-rpm.bin.
+It may be downloaded from sun.com.
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Notes on Documentation
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