Mention kernel probs with R H "Limbo" public beta (hacked 2.4.18).

git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@504

diff --git a/cachegrind/docs/manual.html b/cachegrind/docs/manual.html
index 541523d9be18ee5f3f339520277b1a3c403a5a2b..c718bca2a58b65a973fd824beac0723b0ecfaa87 100644 (file)
--- a/cachegrind/docs/manual.html
+++ b/cachegrind/docs/manual.html
@@ -1813,7 +1813,10 @@ Known platform-specific limitations:
       Things are likely to go badly wrong on Red Hat 7.3.92 ("Limbo"
       public beta), especially with threaded programs.  Don't expect
       this to work.  Basically valgrind won't work as-is with any 
-      glibc-2.3 based system.</li><br>
+      glibc-2.3 based system.  Also it looks like Red Hat's 2.4.18
+      kernel as hacked for Limbo gives problems, due to an extra entry
+      in the ELF frame constructed by the kernel.  The 2.4.18 in the
+      standard Red Hat 7.3 release works fine, though.</li><br>
       <p>
 </ul>
 

diff --git a/coregrind/docs/manual.html b/coregrind/docs/manual.html
index 541523d9be18ee5f3f339520277b1a3c403a5a2b..c718bca2a58b65a973fd824beac0723b0ecfaa87 100644 (file)
--- a/coregrind/docs/manual.html
+++ b/coregrind/docs/manual.html
@@ -1813,7 +1813,10 @@ Known platform-specific limitations:
       Things are likely to go badly wrong on Red Hat 7.3.92 ("Limbo"
       public beta), especially with threaded programs.  Don't expect
       this to work.  Basically valgrind won't work as-is with any 
-      glibc-2.3 based system.</li><br>
+      glibc-2.3 based system.  Also it looks like Red Hat's 2.4.18
+      kernel as hacked for Limbo gives problems, due to an extra entry
+      in the ELF frame constructed by the kernel.  The 2.4.18 in the
+      standard Red Hat 7.3 release works fine, though.</li><br>
       <p>
 </ul>
 

diff --git a/docs/manual.html b/docs/manual.html
index 541523d9be18ee5f3f339520277b1a3c403a5a2b..c718bca2a58b65a973fd824beac0723b0ecfaa87 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual.html
+++ b/docs/manual.html
@@ -1813,7 +1813,10 @@ Known platform-specific limitations:
       Things are likely to go badly wrong on Red Hat 7.3.92 ("Limbo"
       public beta), especially with threaded programs.  Don't expect
       this to work.  Basically valgrind won't work as-is with any 
-      glibc-2.3 based system.</li><br>
+      glibc-2.3 based system.  Also it looks like Red Hat's 2.4.18
+      kernel as hacked for Limbo gives problems, due to an extra entry
+      in the ELF frame constructed by the kernel.  The 2.4.18 in the
+      standard Red Hat 7.3 release works fine, though.</li><br>
       <p>
 </ul>
 

diff --git a/memcheck/docs/manual.html b/memcheck/docs/manual.html
index 541523d9be18ee5f3f339520277b1a3c403a5a2b..c718bca2a58b65a973fd824beac0723b0ecfaa87 100644 (file)
--- a/memcheck/docs/manual.html
+++ b/memcheck/docs/manual.html
@@ -1813,7 +1813,10 @@ Known platform-specific limitations:
       Things are likely to go badly wrong on Red Hat 7.3.92 ("Limbo"
       public beta), especially with threaded programs.  Don't expect
       this to work.  Basically valgrind won't work as-is with any 
-      glibc-2.3 based system.</li><br>
+      glibc-2.3 based system.  Also it looks like Red Hat's 2.4.18
+      kernel as hacked for Limbo gives problems, due to an extra entry
+      in the ELF frame constructed by the kernel.  The 2.4.18 in the
+      standard Red Hat 7.3 release works fine, though.</li><br>
       <p>
 </ul>