config/libc/glibc-eglibc.in-common
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Tue Apr 05 01:04:31 2011 +0200 (2011-04-05)
changeset 2377 32c08de1d54f
parent 2312 8b9938edd3d8
child 2444 896cb0d36c1a
permissions -rw-r--r--
libc/glibc-common: force use of the BFD linker

gold can not build glibc/eglibc, force use of the BFD
linker during the toolchain build.

Reported-by: Bill Pringlemeir <bpringle@sympatico.ca>
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
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# This file contains the common configuration options
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# that apply to both glibc and eglibc.
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if LIBC_glibc || LIBC_eglibc
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# Force using the BFD linker during the toolchain build
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config LIBC_glibc_familly
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    bool
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    default y
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    select BINUTILS_FORCE_LD_BFD
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# Some architectures require the ports addon. List them one by one here:
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# This list must be carefully in sync with the architectures names
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# we can find in config/arch/*
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config ARCH_arm
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    select LIBC_GLIBC_USE_PORTS
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config ARCH_mips
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    select LIBC_GLIBC_USE_PORTS
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# End of arch-specific ports auto-select
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comment "glibc/eglibc common options"
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config LIBC_GLIBC_EXTRA_CONFIG
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    string
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    prompt "extra config"
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    default ""
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    help
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      Extra flags to pass onto ./configure when configuring.
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      Eg.: --enable-static-nss
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config LIBC_GLIBC_CONFIGPARMS
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    string
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    prompt "Extra config params (READ HELP)"
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    default "" if ! ARCH_sh
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    default "no-z-defs=yes" if ARCH_sh
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    help
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      Some architectures need to set options in the file configparms.
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      This is the case for sh3/4, which really need to set configparms
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      to "no-z-defs=yes" as of gcc-3.4/glibc-2.3.2.
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      Unless you are building a toolchain for sh3/4, you should leave that empty.
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      Note: If you need to pass more than one value, separate them with
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            '\n'. Eg.:  var1=val1\nvar2=val2
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config LIBC_GLIBC_EXTRA_CFLAGS
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    string
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    prompt "extra target CFLAGS"
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    default ""
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    help
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      Extra target CFLAGS to use when building.
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config LIBC_EXTRA_CC_ARGS
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    string
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    prompt "gcc extra flags"
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    default ""
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    help
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      Extra flags to pass gcc when building.
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      Seldom used, except for sparc64 which seems to need the flag -64
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      to be passed onto gcc.
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config LIBC_ENABLE_FORTIFIED_BUILD
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    bool
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    prompt "Enable fortified build (EXPERIMENTAL)"
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    depends on EXPERIMENTAL
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    default n
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    help
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      If you say 'y' here, then glibc will be using fortified versions
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      of functions with format arguments (eg. vsyslog, printf...), and
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      do a sanity check on the format at runtime, to avoid some of the
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      common format string attacks.
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      This is currently not supported, and will most probably result in
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      a broken build, with an error message like:
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        ../misc/syslog.c: In function '__vsyslog_chk':
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        ../misc/syslog.c:123: sorry, unimplemented: inlining failed in
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        call to 'syslog': function body not available
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      If you are brave enough and want to debug the issue, then say 'y'
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      here. Otherwise, be still and say 'n' (the default). ;-)
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config LIBC_DISABLE_VERSIONING
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    bool
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    prompt "Disable symbols versioning"
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    default n
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    help
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      Do not include versioning information in the library objects.
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config LIBC_OLDEST_ABI
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    string
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    prompt "Oldest supported ABI"
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    default ""
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    help
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      Set the oldest ABI supported by the C library.
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      Setting this option, for example, to 2.2 will provide ABI support
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      back to (e)glibc-2.2.
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      If this option is not set, (e)glibc will choose for you.
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config LIBC_GLIBC_FORCE_UNWIND
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    bool
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    prompt "Force unwind support (READ HELP!)"
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    default n
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    help
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      If your toolchain fails building while building the C library
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      start files, or the complete C library, with a message like:
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        configure: error: forced unwind support is required
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      then you may try setting this to 'y'. Otherwise, leave it to 'n'.
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      The issue seems to be related to building NPTL on old versions
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      of glibc (and possibly eglibc as well) on some architectures
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      (seen on s390, s390x and x86_64).
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config LIBC_GLIBC_USE_PORTS
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    bool
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    prompt "Use the ports addon"
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    default n
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    help
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      The ports addon contains some architecture ports that are not available
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      in the official distribution.
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      For example, this is the case for ARM with glibc-2.4 and above.
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      Say n only if you're sure that your architecture is in the official
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      distribution for your chosen version.
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config LIBC_ADDONS_LIST
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    string
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    prompt "Extra addons"
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    default ""
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    help
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      Extra addons to include. Space separated list.
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      You need to specify neither linuxthreads nor nptl, as they are added
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      automagically for you depending on the threading model you choosed
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      earlier.
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      Eg.: crypt        (for very old libces)
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if LIBC_GLIBC_USE_PORTS || ( LIBC_ADDONS_LIST != "" )
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comment "WARNING !!!                                            "
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comment "|  For glibc >= 2.8, it can happen that the tarballs    "
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comment "|  for the addons are not available for download.       "
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comment "|  If that happens, bad luck... Try a previous version  "
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comment "|  or try again later... :-(                            "
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endif
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if KERNEL_linux
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choice
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    bool
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    prompt "Minimum supported kernel version"
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    default LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_AS_HEADERS
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config LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_NONE
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    bool
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    prompt "Let ./configure decide"
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    help
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      Let ./configure decide what minimum kernel version glibc/eglibc
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      will be able to run against.
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      This will inclde legacy compatibility code for older kernels in
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      the C library, thus ensuring that it will run on a large number
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      of old kernels.
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      The minimum kernel version supported will be dependent upon the
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      target you build for. For example:
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        alpha*-*-linux-gnu      Requires Linux 2.6.9 for NPTL
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        sh[34]-*-linux-gnu      Requires Linux 2.6.11
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        powerpc*                Requires Linux 2.4.19
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        arm*-*-linux-*gnueabi   Requires Linux 2.6.16
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config LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_AS_HEADERS
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    bool
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    prompt "Same as kernel headers (default)"
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    help
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      Normaly, you'll want glibc/eglibc to run against the same kernel
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      version as the one used for the headers.
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      This is the default.
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      If enabled, crosstool-ng will use the chosen version of kernel
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      headers for the glibc minimum kernel version supported, which is
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      what gets passed to "--enable-kernel=" when configuring glibc.
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      Enabling this will ensure that no legacy compatibility code for
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      older kernels is built into your C libraries, but it will
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      be unable to run on kernel versions older than whichever kernel
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      headers version you've built the toolchain for.
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      If you know for sure that your toolchain will never need to build
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      applications that will run under a kernel version older than your
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      chosen kernel headers version (CT_KERNEL_VERSION), you can choose
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      "y" here.
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config LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_CHOSEN
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    bool
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    prompt "Specific kernel version"
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    help
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      Specify the earliest Linux kernel version you want glibc to
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      include support for.  This does not have to match the kernel
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      headers version used for your toolchain.  This controls what is
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      passed to the "--enable-kernel=" option to the glibc configure
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      script.
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      If you want to be able to statically link programs with your
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      toolchain's C library, make sure this kernel version is lower than
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      all kernels you wish to support to avoid "FATAL: kernel too old"
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      errors.  The higher the version you specify, the less legacy code
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      will be built into libc.
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      Most people can leave this at the default value of "2.6.9".
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if LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_CHOSEN
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config LIBC_GLIBC_MIN_KERNEL_VERSION
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    string
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    prompt "Minimum kernel version to support"
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    default "2.6.9"
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    help
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      Enter here the lowest kernel version glibc/eglibc will be able to
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      run against.
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      The minimum kernel version supported will be dependent upon the
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      target you build for. For example:
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        alpha*-*-linux-gnu      Requires Linux 2.6.9 for NPTL
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        sh[34]-*-linux-gnu      Requires Linux 2.6.11
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        powerpc*                Requires Linux 2.4.19
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        arm*-*-linux-*gnueabi   Requires Linux 2.6.16
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      Note that no sanity check is performed by crosstool-NG to ensure
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      that the value you enter here is appropriate for your target.
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endif # LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_CHOSEN
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endchoice
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config LIBC_GLIBC_MIN_KERNEL
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    string
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    default ""                            if LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_NONE
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    default KERNEL_VERSION                if LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_AS_HEADERS
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    default LIBC_GLIBC_MIN_KERNEL_VERSION if LIBC_GLIBC_KERNEL_VERSION_CHOSEN
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endif # KERNEL_linux
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endif # LIBC_glibc || LIBC_eglibc