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site: https://golang.org/doc/install incorrectly lists minumum kernel version for linux/arm as 2.6.23 #30559

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davecheney opened this issue Mar 4, 2019 · 5 comments
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site: https://golang.org/doc/install incorrectly lists minumum kernel version for linux/arm as 2.6.23 #30559

davecheney opened this issue Mar 4, 2019 · 5 comments
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https://golang.org/doc/install states that the minimum kernel version for all linux platform is 2.6.23. This is not correct. The minimum for linux/arm is 2.6.27 (possibly 28), however this contradicts information from the wiki, https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Linux

See #3897

See also https://codereview.appspot.com/7225047/
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ALTree commented Mar 4, 2019

The minimum requirements page seems to offer an explanation:

Linux/ARMv5 requires much newer kernels, at least v3.1 (for __kuser_cmpxchg64).

https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/MinimumRequirements

Not claiming this is correct, just noting this here so if we uniform the docs one way or the other we can update every place at once.

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@ALTree see #3897, i'd forgotten that we'd tried to address this yonks ago.

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Kindly paging @cherrymui @benshi001 if y'all have some bandwidth. @davecheney might you be free to help send a CL for this change? Thank you.

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Maybe we can just add MinimumRequirements link to https://golang.org/doc/install page so we can fix #3897 and #30559. For instance:

For other content on installing, you might be interested in:

  • Minimum Requirements -- What operating system version you need to run golang.
  • Managing Go installations -- How to install multiple versions and uninstall.
  • Installing Go from source -- How to check out the sources, build them on your own machine, and run them.

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The wiki page now exists, and the install page no longer lists incorrect information

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