Re: Generic syscall ABI support

From: Ley Foon Tan
Date: Fri Mar 29 2013 - 06:05:19 EST


On Thu, 2013-03-28 at 21:53 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 03/28/2013 09:41 PM, Rob Landley wrote:
> >
> > You don't need a new glibc port, you need a new klibc or musl port.
> >
> > http://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2012/07/08/1
> >
> > Way less work than getting glibc working for your basic smoketest...
> >
>
> Good point. Average time to port klibc to a new architecture is about
> four hours as long as the person porting knows the calling conventions
> and assembly language involved.
>
> -hpa
>
>
Thanks for the suggestion.
Too bad we don't have in-house expert in klibc and musl port.

Hi HPA,
I knew you are the developer of klibc. Do you have any documentation to
port a new architecture and also how to replace glibc with klibc in
build?

By the way, klibc or musl is easier to port?
Thanks.

Regards
lftan

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