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Re: [PATCH] resolve glibc-2.2.5 build problems for arm-linux


On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 02:40:06PM +0000, Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 13:53, Ben Collins wrote:
> > > +   arm*)
> > > +     arch_minimum_kernel=2.4.0
> > > +     libc_cv_gcc_unwind_find_fde=yes
> > > +     ;;
> > 
> > Does arm really require such a new kernel? Mine is still running 2.2.x.
> > I think the default should be more lenient.
> 
> In theory glibc will run on any arm kernel back to 2.0.  In practice it
> wouldn't surprise me all that much if the 2.0 support has succumbed to
> bit-rot, but 2.2 is definitely still supposed to be supported.

You'd be surprised really :) I have 2.0.33 running on some StrongARM
hardware right now, with glibc 2.1.3. Might make my job a lot easier
later on if we could put it at 2.0.32, maybe?

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