In GNU/Hurd systems, it works with a microkernel and Hurd servers.
The GNU C Library implements much of the POSIX.1 functionality in the
-GNU/Hurd system, using configurations i[4567]86-*-gnu. The current
-GNU/Hurd support requires out-of-tree patches that will eventually be
-incorporated into an official GNU C Library release.
+GNU/Hurd system, using configurations i[4567]86-*-gnu.
When working with Linux kernels, this version of the GNU C Library
-requires Linux kernel version 2.6.32 or later.
+requires Linux kernel version 3.2 or later.
Also note that the shared version of the libgcc_s library must be
installed for the pthread library to work correctly.
aarch64*-*-linux-gnu
alpha*-*-linux-gnu
arm-*-linux-gnueabi
- hppa-*-linux-gnu Not currently functional without patches.
+ hppa-*-linux-gnu
i[4567]86-*-linux-gnu
x86_64-*-linux-gnu Can build either x86_64 or x32
ia64-*-linux-gnu
powerpc64*-*-linux-gnu Big-endian and little-endian.
s390-*-linux-gnu
s390x-*-linux-gnu
+ riscv64-*-linux-gnu
sh[34]-*-linux-gnu
sparc*-*-linux-gnu
sparc64*-*-linux-gnu
- tilegx-*-linux-gnu
- tilepro-*-linux-gnu
If you are interested in doing a port, please contact the glibc
maintainers; see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ for more
The GNU C Library is free software. See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
conditions, and LICENSES for notices about a few contributions that require
these additional notices to be distributed. License copyright years may be
-listed using range notation, e.g., 2000-2013, indicating that every year in
+listed using range notation, e.g., 1996-2015, indicating that every year in
the range, inclusive, is a copyrightable year that would otherwise be listed
individually.