relation between gcc/glibc version and linux kernel version??

[Mike Stump]

On Jun 25, 2007, at 2:19 AM, ganesh subramonian wrote:
> For example i hear that native posix threads has portions of it  
> implemented in kernel and also requires glibc support.

This is the wrong list for kernel of glibc issues.  So, let's ignore  
that as off-topic.

> In such cases if i attempt to run an application compiled with  
> gcc-4 on a linux-2.4 kernel, wont there be problems?

No, gcc-4.x support linux-2.4.

> With changes in binutils, would there be changes in the basic elf  
> format itself?

No.

> in such case wouldn't the kernel need to know about this?

No.