Fix configure for Linux kernel >= 4.0-rc1
In addition raise the minimal Linux version to 2.6 as there is almost
no test coverage for 2.4 and 2.6 was released in 2003.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@14955 a5019735-40e9-0310-863c-91ae7b9d1cf9
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 14784fc..1f3f0d5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@
344295 syscall recvmmsg on arm64 (243) and ppc32/64 (343) unhandled
344307 2 unhandled syscalls on aarch64/arm64: umount2(39), mount (40)
344314 callgrind_annotate ... warnings about commands containing newlines
+344499 Fix compilation for Linux kernel >= 4. With this, also require
+ a Linux kernel >= 2.6 as 2.4 is mostly untested and might trigger
+ obvious and non-obvious issues
n-i-bz Provide implementations of certain compiler builtins to support
compilers who may not provide those
n-i-bz Old STABS code is still being compiled, but never used. Remove it.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fe2897b..ebb0798 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -325,20 +325,14 @@
kernel=`uname -r`
case "${kernel}" in
- 2.6.*|3.*)
- AC_MSG_RESULT([2.6.x/3.x family (${kernel})])
- AC_DEFINE([KERNEL_2_6], 1, [Define to 1 if you're using Linux 2.6.x or Linux 3.x])
- ;;
-
- 2.4.*)
- AC_MSG_RESULT([2.4 family (${kernel})])
- AC_DEFINE([KERNEL_2_4], 1, [Define to 1 if you're using Linux 2.4.x])
- ;;
-
- *)
+ 0.*|1.*|2.0.*|2.1.*|2.2.*|2.3.*|2.4.*|2.5.*)
AC_MSG_RESULT([unsupported (${kernel})])
- AC_MSG_ERROR([Valgrind works on kernels 2.4, 2.6])
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Valgrind needs a Linux kernel >= 2.6])
;;
+
+ *)
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([2.6 or later (${kernel})])
+ ;;
esac
;;
