Re: klibc (was: 2.6.18 -mm merge plans)

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

Hi,

On Tuesday 06 June 2006 17:20, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > >git-klibc.patch
> > >
> > > Similar.  This all appears to work sufficiently well 
> > > for a 2.6.18 merge. But it's been so long since klibc 
> > > was a hot topic that I've forgotten who
> > > wanted it, and what for.
> > >
> > > Can whoever has an interest in this work please pipe 
> > > up and let's get our
> > > direction sorted out quickly.
> > >
> > 
> > klibc (early userspace) in its current form is 
> > fundamentally a cleanup. What it does is unload code 
> >  from the kernel which has no fundamental reason to be 
> > kernel code (written during kernel rules, with all the 
> > problems it entails.)  The initial code to have removed 
> > is the root-mounting code, with all the various ugly 
> > mutations of that (ramdisk loading, NFS root, initrd...)
> > 
> > The original idea was due Al Viro; obviously, the 
> > implementation is mostly mine.
> > 
> > It is of course my hope that this will be used for more 
> > than just plain initialization code, but that in itself 
> > is a significant step, and one has to start somewhere.
> 
> It allows me to unify swsusp & uswsusp into one in future, for
> example, reducing code duplication.

[cough] How distant is the future you're referring to?

Rafael
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