glibc/manual
Joseph Myers 5b4ecd3f95 Require Linux 3.2 except on x86 / x86_64, 3.2 headers everywhere.
In <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-01/msg00885.html> I
proposed a minimum Linux kernel version of 3.2 for glibc 2.24, since
Linux 2.6.32 has reached EOL.

In the discussion in February, some concerns were expressed about
compatibility with OpenVZ containers.  It's not clear that these are
real issues, given OpenVZ backporting kernel features and faking the
kernel version for guest software, as discussed in
<https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00278.html>.  It's
also not clear that supporting running GNU/Linux distributions from
late 2016 (at the earliest) on a kernel series from 2009 is a sensible
expectation.  However, as an interim step, this patch increases the
requirement everywhere except x86 / x86_64 (since the controversy was
only about those architectures); the special caveats and settings can
easily be removed later when we're ready to increase the requirements
on x86 / x86_64 (and if someone would like to raise the issue on LWN
as suggested in the previous discussion, that would be welcome).  3.2
kernel headers are required everywhere by this patch.

(x32 already requires 3.4 or later, so is unaffected by this patch.)

As usual for such a change, this patch only changes the configure
scripts and associated documentation.  The intent is to follow up with
removal of dead __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION conditionals.  Each __ASSUME_*
or other macro that becomes dead can then be removed independently.

Tested for x86_64 and x86.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.ac (LIBC_LINUX_VERSION):
	Define to 3.2.0.
	(arch_minimum_kernel): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure: Regenerated.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/configure.ac (arch_minimum_kernel):
	Define to 2.6.32.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/configure: Regenerated.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/configure.ac
	(arch_minimum_kernel): Define to 2.6.32.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/configure: Regenerated.
	* README: Document Linux 3.2 requirement.
	* manual/install.texi (Linux): Document Linux 3.2 headers
	requirement.
	* INSTALL: Regenerated.
2016-02-24 17:15:12 +00:00
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examples Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2016-01-04 16:05:18 +00:00
argp.texi manual/argp.texi (Specifying Argp Parsers): Fix typo. 2015-10-14 11:49:58 -04:00
arith.texi
charset.texi
check-safety.sh Make shebang interpreter directives consistent 2016-01-07 04:03:21 -05:00
conf.texi
contrib.texi
creature.texi
crypt.texi
ctype.texi
debug.texi
dir
errno.texi
fdl-1.3.texi
filesys.texi Deprecate readdir_r, readdir64_r [BZ #19056] 2016-02-20 12:56:55 +01:00
freemanuals.texi
getopt.texi
header.texi
install-plain.texi
install.texi Require Linux 3.2 except on x86 / x86_64, 3.2 headers everywhere. 2016-02-24 17:15:12 +00:00
intro.texi
io.texi
ipc.texi
job.texi
lang.texi Split large string section; add truncation advice 2015-12-10 08:29:30 -08:00
lgpl-2.1.texi
libc-texinfo.sh Make shebang interpreter directives consistent 2016-01-07 04:03:21 -05:00
libc.texinfo Fix doc quoting problems with Texinfo 5 2016-01-10 00:20:51 -08:00
libcbook.texi
libdl.texi
libm-err-tab.pl Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2016-01-04 16:05:18 +00:00
llio.texi
locale.texi Split large string section; add truncation advice 2015-12-10 08:29:30 -08:00
macros.texi
maint.texi
Makefile Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2016-01-04 16:05:18 +00:00
math.texi
memory.texi malloc: Remove max_total_mem member form struct malloc_par 2016-02-19 17:07:04 +01:00
message.texi
nss.texi Document best practice for disconnected NSS modules. 2015-12-10 00:48:15 -05:00
nsswitch.texi
pattern.texi
pipe.texi
platform.texi
probes.texi
process.texi
resource.texi
search.texi
setjmp.texi
signal.texi
socket.texi
startup.texi
stdio-fp.c
stdio.texi Split large string section; add truncation advice 2015-12-10 08:29:30 -08:00
string.texi Split large string section; add truncation advice 2015-12-10 08:29:30 -08:00
summary.awk Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2016-01-04 16:05:18 +00:00
sysinfo.texi Make obsolete syscall wrappers into compat symbols (bug 18472). 2015-12-14 22:52:15 +00:00
syslog.texi
terminal.texi
texinfo.tex Update miscellaneous files from upstream sources. 2016-01-05 18:04:06 +00:00
texis.awk
threads.texi Remove CPU set size checking from affinity functions [BZ #19143] 2015-11-24 17:21:01 +01:00
time.texi
tsort.awk Make shebang interpreter directives consistent 2016-01-07 04:03:21 -05:00
users.texi
xtract-typefun.awk Make shebang interpreter directives consistent 2016-01-07 04:03:21 -05:00