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Re: A question about --enable-kernel


Frédéric L. W. Meunier <0@pervalidus.net> writes:

> Hi. I built 2.2.2 with --enable-kernel=2.4.0. My question is if
> for the soon to be released 2.2.3 --enable-kernel=2.4.3 (or
> 2.4.4 ?) will make any difference, or just remove compatibility
> for 2.4.2 and earlier Kernel releases.

That depends on which features the kernel implements at which time.
So far we don't have anything newer than 2.4.1, for details check
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h.

> If no, --enable-kernel won't change for 2.4 ?

The features selected might change as soon as the kernel implements
new stuff.

Andreas
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