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Re: Remove pre-2.2 Linux kernel support

From: Thomas Schwinge <thomas at codesourcery dot com>
To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
Cc: Kaz Kojima <kkojima at rr dot iij4u dot or dot jp>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 16:10:14 +0800
Subject: Re: Remove pre-2.2 Linux kernel support
References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1205081941540.9117@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>

Hi!

On Tue, 8 May 2012 19:46:07 +0000, "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> Current glibc is unlikely to work with any Linux kernel before 2.6.x,
> and it seems uncontroversial that support for kernels before 2.4.x is
> certainly no longer useful.

Agreed.

> I propose this patch to remove compatibility code for kernels before
> 2.2.x as a first step in cleaning up the no-longer-useful old kernel
> support.  Tested x86.  Could the powerpc, sh and sparc maintainers
> test and review the changes to their architectures' code?

> For both powerpc64 and sh the
> least supported kernel version was already above 2.2.x - that is, the
> code being removed was dead even before this patch.

Confirming for SH: there are no functional differences with and without
the patch.


GrÃÃe,
 Thomas

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