From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: ralf@uni-koblenz.de (Ralf Baechle)
Cc: aj@suse.de (Andreas Jaeger), mfklar@ponymail.com (Mike Klar),
linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, linux-mips@fnet.fr,
linux-mips@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: errno assignment in _syscall macros and glibc
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 20:26:42 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E136I3I-0002yR-00@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20000625204334.E1572@bacchus.dhis.org> from "Ralf Baechle" at Jun 25, 2000 08:43:34 PM
> Andreas - I think the syscall interface should finally officially be
> declared a private interface between libc and the kernel, that is nobody
> except these two should use it. Many of the other attempts to use it
> have been quite problematic - portabilitywise and worse.
Don't make it too private. glibc is still worryingly large for some embedded
applications. Between a libc and the kernel yes, between glibc and the kernel
no.
Alan
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Ralf Baechle <ralf@uni-koblenz.de>
Cc: Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>, Mike Klar <mfklar@ponymail.com>,
linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, linux-mips@fnet.fr,
linux-mips@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: errno assignment in _syscall macros and glibc
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 20:26:42 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E136I3I-0002yR-00@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
Message-ID: <20000625192642.npeW7I-FnEyAMJq-nxal0nD6i0uUVQOSn6CqNT3tp2A@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20000625204334.E1572@bacchus.dhis.org> from "Ralf Baechle" at Jun 25, 2000 08:43:34 PM
> Andreas - I think the syscall interface should finally officially be
> declared a private interface between libc and the kernel, that is nobody
> except these two should use it. Many of the other attempts to use it
> have been quite problematic - portabilitywise and worse.
Don't make it too private. glibc is still worryingly large for some embedded
applications. Between a libc and the kernel yes, between glibc and the kernel
no.
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-06-25 19:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <NDBBIDGAOKMNJNDAHDDMCEODCKAA.mfklar@ponymail.com>
[not found] ` <u8d7l6p0vq.fsf@gromit.rhein-neckar.de>
2000-06-25 18:43 ` errno assignment in _syscall macros and glibc Ralf Baechle
2000-06-25 18:53 ` Andreas Jaeger
2000-06-25 21:59 ` Ralf Baechle
2000-06-25 19:26 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2000-06-25 19:26 ` Alan Cox
2000-06-25 21:21 ` Ralf Baechle
2000-06-25 21:25 ` Alan Cox
2000-06-25 21:25 ` Alan Cox
2000-06-25 21:48 ` Ralf Baechle
2000-06-30 14:03 ` Jay Carlson
2000-06-30 14:03 ` Jay Carlson
2000-07-03 13:45 ` Alan Cox
2000-07-03 13:45 ` Alan Cox
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