Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 23:05:59 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Conrad Meyer <cse.cem@gmail.com> Cc: Venkat Duvvuru <venkatkumar.duvvuru@avagotech.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Application Binary Interface (kABI) support in FreeBSD Message-ID: <55A919D7.7020402@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAG6CVpWd-m3f5EAb9d1Q0zKrvEOmtNO8F1=KWBQNEevaMAiw3A@mail.gmail.com> References: <e99bd6bc6ecf65c35f442e4065533c71@mail.gmail.com> <55A9157A.8050208@freebsd.org> <CAG6CVpWd-m3f5EAb9d1Q0zKrvEOmtNO8F1=KWBQNEevaMAiw3A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 7/17/15 10:59 PM, Conrad Meyer wrote: > On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On 7/17/15 9:02 PM, Venkat Duvvuru wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is there kABI (Kabi-whitelist) equivalent feature in FreeBSD? >> well, yes and no. > Julian, > > I believe Venkat is asking about a specific Linux package, > kabi-whitelists. It contains a list of ABIs considered "stable" in a > given RHEL release, and a checker that (?)validates programs to only > contain "stable" calls (guessing a little bit, but it has some sort of > checker anyway). yes I know.. but that is needed because linux does NOT maintain kABI compatibility. We don't need it as much. hence my answer.. > Thanks, > Conrad >
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