doc: document linux/ppc64 kernel requirement (2.6.37 or later) Fixes #13269. Change-Id: I960d1825bda9d8873c2a9005872c45e4c7d30111 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/18339 Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
diff --git a/doc/install-source.html b/doc/install-source.html index 1692f0d..60931ad 100644 --- a/doc/install-source.html +++ b/doc/install-source.html
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ <a href="#environment">environment variables</a> below. </p> +<p> +See the main installation page for the <a href="/doc/install#requirements">overall system requirements</a>. +The following additional constraints apply to systems that can be built only from source: +</p> + +<ul> +<li>For Linux on PowerPC 64-bit, the minimum supported kernel version is 2.6.37, meaning that +Go does not support CentOS 6 on these systems. +</li> +</ul> + </div> <h2 id="go14">Install Go compiler binaries</h2>