[RFC][PATCH 0/2] Make sparcv8 work again on cas enabled hardware

[Richard Henderson]

On 11/03/2016 11:22 AM, David Miller wrote:
> I personally don't like to see when we drop support for old systems on
> the floor just because it's too inconvenient or cumbersome to keep
> them working properly.

There's also value in simplifying things by requiring upgrades in lock-step.

We've done this for gcc + binutils at times.  I don't see why requiring a new 
kernel to work with a new glibc should be a burden, so long as the former is 
actually released before the latter.


r~