> Horst> That is ld(1)'s job.
> Rubbish, the kernel should never get even close to functions provided
> from outside the kernel source tree.
Why not? I understand you can't link the kernel with libc, and most (if not
all) utility libraries simply make no sense in the kernel's job. libgcc is
a library that provides seldom-used parts of the C language as functions,
to which the compiler generates calls as needed.
-- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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