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Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:49:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: "James H. Cloos Jr." <cloos@jhcloos.com>
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On 22 Dec 2002, James H. Cloos Jr. wrote:
>
> I presume *%gs:0x18 is only for shared objects?

No, it's for everything, but it requires a glibc that has set it up.

Uli, do you make public snapshots available so that people can test the
new libraries and maybe see system-wide performance issues?

(It would also be good for testing - I've tried to be _very_ careful
inside the kernel, but in the end wide testing is always a good idea)

		Linus

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