From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
To: Martin Vajnar <martin.vajnar@gmail.com>
Cc: musl@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [musl] Backwards kernel compatibility
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 08:46:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k0o7gk6v.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHHiRUQ_aFObcofofa1zTdDyWuM+ZO5F0Gb50SAsZnPxKErSjw@mail.gmail.com> (Martin Vajnar's message of "Mon, 10 May 2021 07:50:44 +0200")
* Martin Vajnar:
> I'd like to ask, if it is generally supported to run recent musl on
> older kernels? My primary concern is that there are new syscalls being
> added to linux, while at the same time I do not see a switch similar
> to glibc's to select compatibility mode (--enable-kernel).
--enable-kernel is used to *remove* compatibility with older kernels,
not add it, so it does the opposite what you want.
I believe musl has greater compatibility with older kernels than glibc.
Thanks,
Florian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-10 6:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-10 5:50 Martin Vajnar
2021-05-10 6:46 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2021-05-10 18:58 ` Markus Wichmann
2021-05-24 13:52 ` Martin Vajnar
2021-05-24 22:00 ` Rich Felker
2021-06-02 7:38 ` Martin Vajnar
2021-06-02 11:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-06-02 14:56 ` Rich Felker
2021-06-02 16:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-06-02 16:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-06-09 7:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-06-08 22:16 ` Martin Vajnar
2021-06-09 0:37 ` Rich Felker
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