The kernel does _not_ have an incredibly stable interface. It is in the fact part of the reason older statically linked versions of glibc no longer work. I pers

The kernel does _not_ have an incredibly stable interface. It is in the fact part of the reason older statically linked versions of glibc no longer work. I personally count at least two breaking changes, and only one of them got an option in Kconfig (which was related to ASLR iirc, so distros rushed to enable the "break compatibility" option). . Yet another example dynamic linking almost always makes things easier for your future users, despite the preconceptions. Just grep your kernel's Kconfig for "ancient" -- the euphemism every developer uses to refer to stuff they don't care about and want to break. Also, stuff in /proc, /sys, or the like is moving every other day, and some programs depend on it (sigh).