[klibc] klibc and what's the next step?

Olaf Hering olh at suse.de
Tue Jul 11 10:30:30 PDT 2006


 On Tue, Jul 11, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> "Old klibc" still exists and is the same code out of the same source tree.

I meant more the "easy to build" part.

> >>* Makes it easier to move stuff between kernel and userspace.
> >
> >What do you have in mind here?
> >Once prepare_namespace is gone, there is no userspace code left.
> 
> Things that have been bandied about, for example:
> 
> 	- suspend/resume
> 	- partition discovery
> 
> I'm sure there is more.

Do you plan to share source files betweek kernel and kinit? Or how is it
harder for external kinit to handle that?



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