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Message-ID: <87k0o7gk6v.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 08:46:32 +0200
From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>
To: Martin Vajnar <martin.vajnar@...il.com>
Cc: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Backwards kernel compatibility
* Martin Vajnar:
> I'd like to ask, if it is generally supported to run recent musl on
> older kernels? My primary concern is that there are new syscalls being
> added to linux, while at the same time I do not see a switch similar
> to glibc's to select compatibility mode (--enable-kernel).
--enable-kernel is used to *remove* compatibility with older kernels,
not add it, so it does the opposite what you want.
I believe musl has greater compatibility with older kernels than glibc.
Thanks,
Florian
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