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docs: changes: better document Python needs

Python is listed as an optional dependency, but this is not
true, as:

1) arm (multi_v7_defconfig and other defconfigs) and arm64 defconfig
needs it due to DRM_MSM dependencies;

2) CONFIG_LTO_CLANG runs a python script at scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_o;

3) kernel-doc is called during compilation when some DRM options
like CONFIG_DRM_I915_WERROR are enabled;

4) allyesconfig/allmodconfig will enable CONFIG_* dependencies
that needs it;

5) besides DRM, other subsystems seem to have logic calling *.py
scripts.

So, better document that and change the dependency from optional
to mandatory to reflect the current needs.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/b03b95b8d09358e81e4f27942839191f49b0ba80.1753806485.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org

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··· 61 61 GNU tar 1.28 tar --version 62 62 gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version 63 63 mkimage (optional) 2017.01 mkimage --version 64 - Python (optional) 3.9.x python3 --version 64 + Python 3.9.x python3 --version 65 65 GNU AWK (optional) 5.1.0 gawk --version 66 66 ====================== =============== ======================================== 67 67 ··· 153 153 154 154 You will need perl 5 and the following modules: ``Getopt::Long``, 155 155 ``Getopt::Std``, ``File::Basename``, and ``File::Find`` to build the kernel. 156 + 157 + Python 158 + ------ 159 + 160 + Several config options require it: it is required for arm/arm64 161 + default configs, CONFIG_LTO_CLANG, some DRM optional configs, 162 + the kernel-doc tool, and docs build (Sphinx), among others. 156 163 157 164 BC 158 165 --