Subject: Re: compatibility issue between 1.6 and -current
To: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 11/25/2002 10:25:28
Chuck Silvers wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 12:50:58PM -0800, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 12:36:07PM -0800, Chuck Silvers wrote:
> >
> > > I upgraded my test machine to -current userland today and I found
> > > that a 1.6 kernel can't even start the new /sbin/init, it gets EFAULT.
> > > does anyone else see this?
> > >
> > > this definitely puts a damper on my motivation to debug the icache
> > > problems in the 1.6 kernels.
> >
> > Running a newer userland with an older kernel has .. never been
> > a supported configuration, I don't think.
>
> yea, but it seems important to know why it's not working...
> I don't imagine that anyone intended to change the toolchain or exec code
> such that this would not work.
Changes with the dynamic linker maybe? There's been some flux there
recently...
Simon.
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