Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759313Ab2HXM0X (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:26:23 -0400 Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk ([81.2.110.251]:59789 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751646Ab2HXM0S (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:26:18 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:30:33 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Matthew Garrett Cc: David Ahern , Pekka Enberg , Bernhard Rosenkraenzer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Peter Zijlstra Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] perf: Port to Android Message-ID: <20120824133033.3d93cf5f@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120824040845.GA3001@srcf.ucam.org> References: <1408973.PFKjjaXiS1@localhost.localdomain> <5036A182.7030707@gmail.com> <20120824040845.GA3001@srcf.ucam.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.8; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1159 Lines: 29 On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:08:45 +0100 Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 03:32:50PM -0600, David Ahern wrote: > > > Why not add support for the missing functions (on_exit, getsid, > > psignal and getline) to Bionic instead of perf? > > Many vendors need to target existing Android platforms and don't have > the luxury of waiting for code to get through Google review and then > land on devices between 6 months in the future and never. The embedded > world is dysfunctional in a whole bunch of ways. So add a small library and link with -lstuffandroidforgot. That's basically how the FSF dealt with all the proprietary Unix library messes. Come to think of it call the library "integrated build runtime environment" and you can like with -libre ;) It's also going to be far more maintainable and generically useful for porting tools from GNU to 'droid userspace. Alan -- 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/