Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261256AbVALRKj (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:10:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261258AbVALRKj (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:10:39 -0500 Received: from orb.pobox.com ([207.8.226.5]:26252 "EHLO orb.pobox.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261256AbVALRKf (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:10:35 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:10:22 -0800 From: "Barry K. Nathan" To: Adrian Bunk Cc: "Barry K. Nathan" , Marcelo Tosatti , David Lang , Jesper Juhl , Andries Brouwer , Linus Torvalds , Alan Cox , Lukasz Trabinski , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] make uselib configurable (was Re: uselib() & 2.6.X?) Message-ID: <20050112171022.GH4325@ip68-4-98-123.oc.oc.cox.net> References: <20050111235907.GG2760@pclin040.win.tue.nl> <20050111223641.GA27100@logos.cnet> <20050112023218.GF4325@ip68-4-98-123.oc.oc.cox.net> <20050112005647.GB27653@logos.cnet> <20050112061043.GG4325@ip68-4-98-123.oc.oc.cox.net> <20050112164729.GJ29578@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050112164729.GJ29578@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 906 Lines: 23 On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 05:47:29PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > The only interesting correlation are system calls that are _only_ used > by libc4/libc5 applications. Well, in theory it might be possible to create a sadistic libc6 app that also uses old system calls anyway. I'm hoping that isn't common. > Make such a patch, test it thoroughly and then send it here for review. > > It can't be guaranteed that your patch will be accepted, but as soon as > you'll present the patch the discussion will become more flesh. Right. I don't want to commit to an exact timeline, but this is something I'm planning to do soon. -Barry K. Nathan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/