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Re: Regarding minimum linux kernel version on mips
- From: Nori Vasudeva Pavan Kumar <vasudevapavankumar at gmail dot com>
- To: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
- Cc: libc-help at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 21:07:26 +0530
- Subject: Re: Regarding minimum linux kernel version on mips
- References: <CAOKitUgNcGd_t+2caP6jLtpeUsGp1_E5AsfujkWSQs6N=3rPDw@mail.gmail.com> <87ftu7i1uk.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>
Hi,
Yes, it was a generic change.
Could you please elaborate on what does eliminating the support mean.
What does not work glibc2.24 on 2.6.x kernel.
Regards,
Vasudev
On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 8:33 PM Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
> * Nori Vasudeva Pavan Kumar:
>
> > From Glibc2.24 onward the minimum linux kernel version to be used
> > with, is 3.2 on mips architecture.
> >
> > May I know the reason for such dependency?
>
> It was a generic change, not MIPS-specific.
>
> From time to time, the glibc project eliminates support for older
> kernels, to simplify the code base.
>