From 0f18f2b1214520b965525a93a03c421c8c5b9177 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2023 23:20:48 +0800
Subject: housekeeping after min-kernel bump

Update the rationale for min-kernel in hostreqs.  Add a note in
general.ent about the EOL of current min-kernel.  Realign the
backslashes in glibc instructions.
---
 chapter02/hostreqs.xml | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'chapter02')

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
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