RHL9 glibc update OK with vanilla kernel?

[Steve Snyder]

On my otherwise purely-RHL9 system I run the latest v2.4.x kernel.  I 
need a fairly recent kernel to support my Gigabit Ethernet adapter, 
support not present in the RHL9 kernels.

Are there any known compatibility problems with the current i686 glibc 
packages (released yesterday) and a plain-vanilla 2.4.3x kernel?  Any 
loss of functionality or other Bad Stuff(tm)?

Thanks.