Commit 0342c17a authored by Christoph Müllner's avatar Christoph Müllner Committed by Huaqi Fang
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Update Linux headers from v5.10.5 to v6.6

This patch imports the Linux kernel from v5.10.5 to v6.6.
Important RISC-V specific changes are:
* hwprobe support
* V support (ptrace and prctl calls)
* KVM support

There are patches on the glibc list that introduce code which uses the
hwprobe interface. Let's update the kernel headers to be ready for these
changes.

https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/FAQ#What_version_of_the_Linux_kernel_headers_should_be_used.3F



The headers from the most recent Linux kernel should be used. The headers used while compiling the GNU C library and the kernel binary used when using the library do not need to match. The GNU C library runs without problems on kernels that are older than the kernel headers used. The other way round (compiling the GNU C library with old kernel headers and running on a recent kernel) does not necessarily work as expected. For example you can't use new kernel features if you used old kernel headers to compile the GNU C library.

Signed-off-by: default avatarChristoph Müllner <christoph.muellner@vrull.eu>
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