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