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Re: Linux kernel version support policy
- From: Adam Conrad <adconrad at 0c3 dot net>
- To: Allan McRae <allan at archlinux dot org>
- Cc: Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal dot cx>, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>, David Miller <davem at davemloft dot net>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, joseph at codesourcery dot com, aurel32 at debian dot org
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 03:20:00 -0700
- Subject: Re: Linux kernel version support policy
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On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 03:08:05PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
>
> Debian: 2.6.32
> Ubuntu: 2.6.32 or 2.6.24 depending on architecture
This will be 2.6.32 across the board the day we ditch some old 2.6.24
Xen-on-x86 kit in our infrastructure. We chose 2.6.32 intentionally
to be backward compatible with setting up chroots on squeeze, lucid,
and RHEL6. Anything older than that really doesn't seem worth me even
trying to support.
... Adam