Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030218AbWCTUW0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:22:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030244AbWCTUW0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:22:26 -0500 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:2737 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030218AbWCTUWZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:22:25 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:22:24 +0000 From: Al Viro To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , klibc@zytor.com, torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: Merge strategy for klibc Message-ID: <20060320202224.GE27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <441F0859.2010703@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <441F0859.2010703@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 879 Lines: 19 On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 11:54:01AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Okay, as of this point, I think klibc is in quite good shape; my > testing so far is showing that it can be used as a drop-in replacement > for the kernel root-mounting code. > > That being said, there is guaranteed to be breakage, for two reasons: > > a. There are several architectures which don't have klibc ports yet. > Since I don't have access to them, I can't really do them, either. > It's usually a matter of an afternoon or less to port klibc to a > new architecture, though, if you have a working development > environment for it. Which ones? - 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/