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Re: Linux kernel version support policy

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
To: David Miller <davem at davemloft dot net>
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, joseph at codesourcery dot com, aurel32 at debian dot org
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:47:13 -0500
Subject: Re: Linux kernel version support policy
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On Monday, January 27, 2014 16:17:54 David Miller wrote:
> From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
> > i still see people running 2.6.18 kernels today.  usually in server
> > environments like old RHEL 5 or OpenVZ or Xen instances.
> 
> Are they upgrading to current versions of glibc?

yes.  they control the userland, not the kernel.
-mike

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