glibc 2.1 on alpha and kernel headers

[Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>]

Hi,

we're advocating the use of recent Linux 2.1.x headers but still allow glibc
2.1 to compile with anything newer than 2.0.10 (there's a 
test in sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure).  But the alpha port needs
recent headers according to Richard Henderson:

 "...the version is set to 2.0.10 for linux in general, where it
 really needs to be a late 2.1.x kernel for Alpha."

What's the best way to fix this?  
- Add a configure test in sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/configure for
  2.1.recent (this isn't nice since we check then two times for the
  version)
- change 2.0.10 to 2.1.recent in general (that's something I don't like)
- just document it in the FAQ?
- anybody with a really good solution? :-)

Andreas
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