From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Ley Foon Tan <lftan@altera.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Generic syscall ABI support
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:53:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51551E60.4070708@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1364532097.18069.7@driftwood>
On 03/28/2013 09:41 PM, Rob Landley wrote:
>
> You don't need a new glibc port, you need a new klibc or musl port.
>
> http://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2012/07/08/1
>
> Way less work than getting glibc working for your basic smoketest...
>
Good point. Average time to port klibc to a new architecture is about
four hours as long as the person porting knows the calling conventions
and assembly language involved.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-29 4:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-28 3:09 Generic syscall ABI support Ley Foon Tan
2013-03-28 3:09 ` Ley Foon Tan
2013-03-28 5:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-03-28 7:44 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-03-28 8:32 ` Ley Foon Tan
2013-03-28 8:32 ` Ley Foon Tan
2013-03-28 10:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-03-28 11:30 ` Ley Foon Tan
2013-03-28 11:30 ` Ley Foon Tan
2013-03-28 11:42 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-03-29 4:41 ` Rob Landley
2013-03-29 4:53 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-03-29 9:49 ` Ley Foon Tan
2013-03-29 9:49 ` Ley Foon Tan
2013-03-29 10:42 ` Arnd Bergmann
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