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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>
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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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