Re: common name for the kernel DSO

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@ucw.cz)
Date: Sat Jun 21 2003 - 01:42:36 EST


Hi!

> HPA> It's a pretty ugly name, quite frankly, since it doesn't explain what
> HPA> it is a gate from or to. linux-syscall.so.1 or linux-kernel.so.1
> HPA> would make a lot more sense.
>
> Umh, it does say _linux_-gate, so I think it's pretty
> self-explanatory. I considered linux-kernel.so, but think it would
> cause a lot of confusion vis-a-vis, say, kernel32.dll (I didn't write
> that, did I??). I'm not terribly fond of linux-syscall, but I could
> live with it.

I agree with hpa, linux-syscall seems to be best so far.

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				Pavel
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