Re: Kernel Application Binary Interface (kABI) support in FreeBSD

From: Julian Elischer <julian_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 23:05:59 +0800
On 7/17/15 10:59 PM, Conrad Meyer wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Julian Elischer <julian_at_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
>
Received on Fri Jul 17 2015 - 13:06:11 UTC

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