Re: [klibc] klibc and what's the next step?

H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-11T18:03:24Z

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.

-hpa