Re: [PATCH] m68k: don't comment out syscalls used by glibc

Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-11-11T08:53:08Z

Hi Andreas,

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 09:45, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> writes:
>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 21:34, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>> Define again the syscalls that are used by glibc so that it is possible to
>>> compile a feature-complete glibc with the newest kernel headers.
>>
>> I'm a bit puzzled by this. What exactly is your objective? To build a glibc that
>> runs on any possible kernel version ever released?
>
> When building glibc it needs to know these numbers.  Otherwise only
> stubs are generated that never try to use them.

Yes, I know that.

What's the user experience advantage of glibc knowing about the syscall
numbers for (never implemented) streams?