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# libcontainer: what's next?
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This document is a high-level overview of where we want to take libcontainer next.
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It is a curated selection of planned improvements which are either important, difficult, or both.
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For a more complete view of planned and requested improvements, see [the Github issues](https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/issues).
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To suggest changes to the roadmap, including additions, please write the change as if it were already in effect, and make a pull request.
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## Broader kernel support
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Our goal is to make libcontainer run everywhere, but currently libcontainer requires Linux version 3.8 or higher. If you’re deploying new machines for the purpose of running libcontainer, this is a fairly easy requirement to meet. However, if you’re adding libcontainer to an existing deployment, you may not have the flexibility to update and patch the kernel.
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## Cross-architecture support
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Our goal is to make libcontainer run everywhere. Recently libcontainer has
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expanded from its initial support for x86_64 systems to include POWER (ppc64
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little and big endian variants), IBM System z (s390x 64-bit), and ARM. We plan
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to continue expanding architecture support such that libcontainer containers
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can be created and used on more architectures.
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