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

[H. Peter Anvin]

Olaf Hering wrote:
> Now I'm confused.
> Is the kernel partition code supposed to go at some point?
> Some people suggested that, but Linus was not convinced.

It's a proposal, and I personally think it makes sense.  If done, it is 
obviously very important that it doesn't change the overall operation of 
the system.

> If you mean just 'interpreting the partition table', thats not hard
> either. I just poked at such code in yaboot a few weeks ago.

It's not hard; any of the partition table stuff, but we have quite a 
proliferation of them.  It'd be even easier in userspace.

	-hpa