Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:46:25 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: common name for the kernel DSO |
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David Mosberger wrote: >>>>>>On 18 Jun 2003 23:18:02 -0700, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> said: > > > HPA> It's a pretty ugly name, quite frankly, since it doesn't explain what > HPA> it is a gate from or to. linux-syscall.so.1 or linux-kernel.so.1 > HPA> would make a lot more sense. > > Umh, it does say _linux_-gate, so I think it's pretty > self-explanatory. I considered linux-kernel.so, but think it would > cause a lot of confusion vis-a-vis, say, kernel32.dll (I didn't write > that, did I??). I'm not terribly fond of linux-syscall, but I could > live with it. >
There is a lot of "linux" in userspace too, though. ld-linux.so.* to start out with...
-hpa
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