Re: klibc and what's the next step?

Pavel Machek
2006-06-30T23:32:41Z

On Sat 2006-07-01 03:04:55, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Pavel Machek wrote:
> [klibc/kinit in kernel]
> > I'd like to eventually move swsusp out of kernel, and klibc means I
> > may be able to do that without affecting users. Being in kinit is good
> > enough, because I can actually share single source between kinit
> > version and suspend.sf.net version.
>
> Heh. Take a look at anyone who's using real initramfs for their boot
> process. Not initrd, not kernel-without-any-preboot-fs, but real
> initramfs. For them, if kinit/klibc will be in kernel, nothing changes,
> because their initramfs *replaces* in-kernel code and future supplied-
> with-kernel-klibc-based-kinit. So if you'll move swsusp into kinit,
> it WILL break setups for those users!.. ;)

Distros will probably want to use "real" code from swsusp.sf.net, not
stripped down version, provided for back compatibility with kernel.

Pavel

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