My understanding is that the kernel goes to pretty great lengths to not break ABI compatibility, so this should be fine.<p>I just tried it out with a server I have lying around: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;steveklabnik&#x2F;0b2736642ddd4669260bd7fbb9a70787" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gist.github.com&#x2F;steveklabnik&#x2F;0b2736642ddd4669260bd7f...</a> Compiled on 3.16.0-4-amd64, ran on 3.2.0-4-amd64, no issues