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| author | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2012-08-07 16:40:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2012-08-07 16:40:32 +0000 |
| commit | 6dad2c06889774ddaf6eac09799821e3941bfa87 (patch) | |
| tree | 7a0f2ed3e131f2c4233bba1044b71391d1b4316e /README | |
| parent | 8e49df1d656c393e913b6c9343f491c59bd527b2 (diff) | |
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Remove pre-2.6.16 Linux kernel support.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README index ee43670b30..1d90b55208 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -17,12 +17,7 @@ GNU/Hurd support requires out-of-tree patches that will eventually be incorporated into an official GNU C Library release. When working with Linux kernels, this version of the GNU C Library -requires Linux kernel version 2.6.0 or later. - -All Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.16 are known to have some bugs that -may cause some of the tests related to pthreads in "make check" to fail. -If you see such problems, please try the test suite on the most recent -Linux kernel version that you can use, before pursuing those bugs further. +requires Linux kernel version 2.6.16 or later. Also note that the shared version of the libgcc_s library must be installed for the pthread library to work correctly. @@ -35,7 +30,7 @@ The GNU C Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels: powerpc64-*-linux-gnu s390-*-linux-gnu s390x-*-linux-gnu - sh[34]-*-linux-gnu Requires Linux 2.6.11 or newer + sh[34]-*-linux-gnu sparc*-*-linux-gnu sparc64*-*-linux-gnu @@ -45,14 +40,14 @@ add-on. You can find glibc-ports-VERSION distributed separately in the same place where you got the main glibc distribution files. Currently these configurations have code in the `ports' add-on: - alpha*-*-linux-gnu Requires Linux 2.6.9 or newer for NPTL + alpha*-*-linux-gnu am33*-*-linux-gnu Not currently functional - arm-*-linux-gnueabi Requires Linux 2.6.16-rc1 or newer for NPTL + arm-*-linux-gnueabi hppa-*-linux-gnu Not currently functional without patches. ia64-*-linux-gnu m68k-*-linux-gnu - mips-*-linux-gnu Requires Linux 2.6.12 or newer for NPTL - mips64-*-linux-gnu Requires Linux 2.6.12 or newer for NPTL + mips-*-linux-gnu + mips64-*-linux-gnu powerpc-*-linux-gnu Software floating point (--without-fp) tilegx-*-linux-gnu tilepro-*-linux-gnu |