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From: che@chrekh.se
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: linux-headers-2.6.38
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:58:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8662m5gygh.fsf@jane.chrekh.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAA2qdGW2Z7C77s1JQ=JkGOXrixr=2NfzSv2q=zwT97dRYbKwyA@mail.gmail.com

Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> writes:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 20:02,  <che@chrekh.se> wrote:
>> Also, beware. If you recompile glibc withe NPTL_KERN_VER set, you can't
>> boot with older kernels anymore.
>>
>
> Can you explain what did you mean with "older kernels"? Kernels older
> than a certain version, or a previously-compiled kernel on my system?
>

Older then the kernel you specified, previously-compiled kernels not
older than that is still fine.

Any executable linked to glibc will fail unconditionally with
"FATAL: Kernel too old", including init.


> Anyways, this is a fresh install, so I don't think I'll have any trouble.
>
> But will still appreciate a reference and/or explanation re:
> NPTL_KERN_VER, though.

glibc will be configured with --enable-kernel=2.6.38

The configure help says this;

 --enable-kernel=VERSION compile for compatibility with kernel not older than VERSION

--
 Christer




  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-10 14:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-10  9:00 [gentoo-user] linux-headers-2.6.38 Pandu Poluan
2011-08-10 13:02 ` [gentoo-user] linux-headers-2.6.38 che
2011-08-10 13:36   ` Pandu Poluan
2011-08-10 13:58     ` che [this message]
2011-08-11  0:50   ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-08-11  7:37     ` Pandu Poluan
2011-08-11  8:07     ` che

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