Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:03:01 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [klibc] klibc and what's the next step? |
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Olaf Hering wrote: > > There is always some sort of prereq when new features get added. > Documentation/Changes has a long list. Some setup need more updates, > some need fewer updates. No idea what your experience is. > Old klibc was trivial to build (modulo that kernel header mess), and I > expect that kinit handles old kernels. >
One more thing on this subject... "modulo that kernel header mess" is just as much a reflection of the fact that the Linux ABI really isn't particularly stable. glibc contains a huge amount of code to deal with different kernel versions. klibc will not be doing this; in general old klibcs should continue to work (but may not compile against a newer kernel), but a newer klibc may not work on an older kernel.
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