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authorJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-08-07 16:40:32 +0000
committerJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-08-07 16:40:32 +0000
commit6dad2c06889774ddaf6eac09799821e3941bfa87 (patch)
tree7a0f2ed3e131f2c4233bba1044b71391d1b4316e /README
parent8e49df1d656c393e913b6c9343f491c59bd527b2 (diff)
downloadglibc-6dad2c06889774ddaf6eac09799821e3941bfa87.tar.gz
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