Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262538AbUC2VWb (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:22:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262953AbUC2VWb (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:22:31 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:32724 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262538AbUC2VW3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:22:29 -0500 Subject: Re: older kernels + new glibc? From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: Lev Lvovsky Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <50DC82B4-81C5-11D8-A0A8-000A959DCC8C@sonous.com> References: <5516F046-81C1-11D8-A0A8-000A959DCC8C@sonous.com> <1080594005.3570.12.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <50DC82B4-81C5-11D8-A0A8-000A959DCC8C@sonous.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-a+jGT7/UN1HymctbgSXd" Organization: Red Hat, Inc. Message-Id: <1080595343.3570.15.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:22:24 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1393 Lines: 38 --=-a+jGT7/UN1HymctbgSXd Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 23:09, Lev Lvovsky wrote: > We have the source of the drivers, but they are specific to the 2.2.x=20 > kernels. I am not a kernel hacker, and this would be way beyond my=20 > area of expertise. >=20 > And sadly, this doesn't answer the initial question. then to answer your question; at compile time you tell glibc what minimum kernel version it can assume, and based on that glibc will enable/disable certain features. So it depends on what your distro supplied there if it'll work or not. if you tell glibc that at minimum you do 2.4.1 for example, then no a 2.2 kernel won't work. I think most distros do this (or an even later version) since a few years now. --=-a+jGT7/UN1HymctbgSXd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAaJOPxULwo51rQBIRAnqaAKCd9B343/FBEdHpPsvXE7Vy3zkJLgCfRUPE xkjsv8+pgtJUgsdGJlTLyNk= =x4U2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-a+jGT7/UN1HymctbgSXd-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/