X-Git-Url: http://git.vpit.fr/?p=perl%2Fmodules%2FLinux-SysInfo.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=185d16cce0be6e23b03c807a58c7a01a07da0471;hp=47fe5f467aef3995cf1175cab0176854e160cf12;hb=9f7a4d2110b605b8b74a7b1512b6bf6597ceca1d;hpb=0010ec75da61adecfb655901837909d90404c94c diff --git a/README b/README index 47fe5f4..185d16c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ NAME Linux::SysInfo - Perl interface to the sysinfo(2) Linux system call. VERSION - Version 0.01 + Version 0.02 SYNOPSIS use Linux::SysInfo qw/sysinfo/; @@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ CONSTANTS This constant is set to 1 if your kernel supports the three extended fields "totalhigh", "freehigh" and "mem_unit" ; and to 0 otherwise. +BINARY COMPATIBILITY + If you upgrade your kernel to a greater version than 2.3.23 on i386 or + 2.3.48 on any other platform, you will need to rebuild the module to + access the extended fields. + + Moreover, since the perl hash function has changed after the 5.6 + version, you will also need to recompile the module if you upgrade your + perl from a version earlier than 5.6. + SEE ALSO The sysinfo(2) man page.