Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 1/5] um: Use __i386__ in ifdef for vsyscallexports, not SUBARCH_i386

From: Al Viro
Date: Mon Aug 01 2011 - 13:23:12 EST


On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 12:04:37PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Yes. ??Resurrected is not the right word here, sorry...
>
> Oh, what a disappointment. I really hoped it was true...
>
> BTW, how much work would it be to port UML to ARM? Would be nice-to-have on
> your Android phone, as it can provide a full Linux userspace without
> requiring rooting
> the phone.

Moderately unpleasant, but not fatally so. I have no idea how often will
cache aliasing bite you, though. We really need to get non-x86 ports
working to see how many portability issues are there; what I've got for
ppc is promising, but very preliminary...
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