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

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue Jul 11 2006 - 13:45:32 EST


Olaf Hering wrote:
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?

It's a deployment problem, arguably especially for people who cross-compile. You have two major pieces of code (kernel and klibc) which have to be changed at the same time, with different maintainers and reviewers.

-hpa

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