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Re: vm86 system call update

From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>, GNU libc hackers <libc-hacker at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 23:04:36 +0100
Subject: Re: vm86 system call update
References: <200312022349.hB2NnoaM008166@magilla.sf.frob.com> <3FCD28A0.7090306@redhat.com>
Reply-to: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 04:04:48PM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > -vm86		-	vm86		i:p	__vm86		vm86
> > +vm86old		EXTRA	vm86old		i:p	__vm86old	vm86@GLIBC_2.0
> > +vm86		-	vm86		i:ip	__vm86		vm86@GLIBC_2.3.3
> 
> This generates wrong code for very old kernels which name have no
> vm86old (and name the old version vm86).  We can bump the minimum kernel
> requirement, I'd have no problem with that.

That is only about the kernel headers you compile glibc against.
I doubt glibc would build against say 2.2.x kernel headers but I see
no reason why it shouldn't work on 2.2.5 kernel.

	Jakub

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