From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261365AbVAIMby (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Jan 2005 07:31:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261369AbVAIMby (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Jan 2005 07:31:54 -0500 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:63248 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261365AbVAIMbo (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Jan 2005 07:31:44 -0500 Subject: Re: Conflicts in kernel 2.6 headers and {glibc,Xorg} From: Arjan van de Ven To: DervishD Cc: Michal Feix , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050109122557.GA221@DervishD> References: <41E0F76D.7080805@feix.cz> <20050109110805.GA8688@irc.pl> <41E1170D.6090405@feix.cz> <20050109115554.GA9183@irc.pl> <20050109122557.GA221@DervishD> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 13:31:32 +0100 Message-Id: <1105273893.4173.12.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 4.1 (++++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on canuck.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (4.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.3 RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO Received: contains a numeric HELO 1.1 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 13:25 +0100, DervishD wrote: > Hi All :) > > * Tomasz Torcz dixit: > > Mainstream distributions use ,,sanitized'' version o kernel > > headers - Fedora has own set, Debian has another, LFS too. For rest > > and for us, casual users, there are headers made as byproduct of > > PLD Linux, which are used since december 2003 (before kernel 2.6 > > was even released). > > But the set of sanitized kernel headers, if you build your own > software and you're not using a distro, is only available for 2.6.x > kernels, not for 2.4.x kernels. The headers RH ships work for both... > > What should be done for 2.4 kernels? > I currently use a set of headers from the 2.4 kernel I used to build > my libc, not the headers from the current kernel I'm running, but I > would like to know anyway. .... and you can use 2.6 headers to build a glibc that works excellent for 2.4 kernels too. The kernel API/ABI *does not change on this level* between kernel versions. Things may get added, but they do not change.