From 97e080c4961949c991a16d9f6f65bce6d781da04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Norris Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 21:31:12 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] config: remove minimum kernel version check The autoconf checks are more than enough to decide whether or not we can work with this kernel or not. Sponsored-by: TrueNAS Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf Signed-off-by: Rob Norris Closes #18295 --- config/kernel.m4 | 11 ++--------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/config/kernel.m4 b/config/kernel.m4 index bd47ac595..3389c5359 100644 --- a/config/kernel.m4 +++ b/config/kernel.m4 @@ -452,13 +452,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL], [ AC_MSG_RESULT([$kernsrcver]) - AX_COMPARE_VERSION([$kernsrcver], [ge], [$ZFS_META_KVER_MIN], [], [ - AC_MSG_ERROR([ - *** Cannot build against kernel version $kernsrcver. - *** The minimum supported kernel version is $ZFS_META_KVER_MIN. - ]) - ]) - AC_ARG_ENABLE([linux-experimental], AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-linux-experimental], [Allow building against some unsupported kernel versions])) @@ -900,7 +893,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_LINUX_TEST_ERROR], [ *** incompatible modifications. *** *** ZFS Version: $ZFS_META_ALIAS - *** Compatible Kernels: $ZFS_META_KVER_MIN - $ZFS_META_KVER_MAX + *** Highest compatible kernel version: $ZFS_META_KVER_MAX ]) ]) @@ -1071,7 +1064,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_LINUX_REQUIRE_API], [ *** APIs. *** *** ZFS Version: $ZFS_META_ALIAS - *** Compatible Kernels: $ZFS_META_KVER_MIN - $ZFS_META_KVER_MAX + *** Highest compatible kernel version: $ZFS_META_KVER_MAX ]) ], [ AC_MSG_RESULT(no)