[klibc] Re: Merge strategy for klibc

Al Viro viro at ftp.linux.org.uk
Mon Mar 20 12:22:24 PST 2006


On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 11:54:01AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Okay, as of this point, I think klibc is in quite good shape; my
> testing so far is showing that it can be used as a drop-in replacement
> for the kernel root-mounting code.
> 
> That being said, there is guaranteed to be breakage, for two reasons:
> 
> a. There are several architectures which don't have klibc ports yet.
>    Since I don't have access to them, I can't really do them, either.
>    It's usually a matter of an afternoon or less to port klibc to a
>    new architecture, though, if you have a working development
>    environment for it.

Which ones?



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