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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2023-06-09 12:42:36 -0500 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2023-06-09 12:42:36 -0500 |
| commit | 7e7600de9ef3d21f5c3927a31f3d7e4e4bc643bd (patch) | |
| tree | 5b557896cd1f1dcb0a740c9a7e836a60fddba9e4 /chapter02 | |
| parent | 2ebf4143a8e1dfac1f4855ae116aeabb3f50418a (diff) | |
| parent | 6256b16baf9ebc6bf41a929523fb35378bac8208 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'trunk' of git.linuxfromscratch.org:lfs into trunk
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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter02/hostreqs.xml | 7 |
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diff --git a/chapter02/hostreqs.xml b/chapter02/hostreqs.xml index 192eed8c1..862d2605c 100644 --- a/chapter02/hostreqs.xml +++ b/chapter02/hostreqs.xml @@ -93,8 +93,11 @@ <para>The reason for the kernel version requirement is that we specify that version when building <application>glibc</application> in <xref linkend="chapter-cross-tools"/> and - <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>, - at the recommendation of the developers.</para> + <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>, so the workarounds for + older kernels are not enabled and the compiled + <application>glibc</application> is slightly faster and smaller. + As at June 2023, &min-kernel; is the oldest kernel release still + supported by the kernel developers.</para> <para>If the host kernel is earlier than &min-kernel; you will need to replace the kernel with a more up-to-date version. There are two ways |