From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 4 May 2001 04:07:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 4 May 2001 04:07:32 -0400 Received: from cisco7500-mainGW.gts.cz ([194.213.32.131]:3332 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 4 May 2001 04:07:26 -0400 Message-ID: <20010504100632.B13243@bug.ucw.cz> Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 10:06:32 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Gregory Maxwell , Alan Cox Cc: Helge Hafting , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: X15 alpha release: as fast as TUX but in user space (fwd) In-Reply-To: <20010503210904.B9715@bug.ucw.cz> <20010503164112.A26907@xi.linuxpower.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <20010503164112.A26907@xi.linuxpower.cx>; from Gregory Maxwell on Thu, May 03, 2001 at 04:41:12PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > > That means that for fooling closed-source statically-linked binary, > > > > If they are using glibc then you have the right to the object to link > > with the library and the library source under the LGPL. I dont know of any > > app using its own C lib > > Some don't use any libc at all, some just don't use it for the time call > that were talking about substituting. > > Lying about the time is a hack, pure and simple. It will still be possible > with magic pages. The fact that it will require more kernel hacking to > accomplish it is irrelevant. No. You are breaking self-virtualization here. That is not irrelevant. It used to require no kernel support before. Now it will require kernel support. That's step back. (Think uml). Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org