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Re: 32bit UID support, next patch
- To: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>
- Subject: Re: 32bit UID support, next patch
- From: Chris Wing <wingc at engin dot umich dot edu>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 17:01:03 -0500 (EST)
- cc: libc-alpha Mailinglist <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
Andreas:
> Chris> If we are going to have such a feature, we might as
> Chris> well disable other backwards compatibility while we're at it, like
> Chris> non-system call getcwd(), etc.
>
> That's why you have to give it explicitly. The default is
> --enable-kernel=0.0.0. It doesn't work only for 32bit UIDS - it's
> also there for other newly introduced functions. You can have a look
> at sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h via
> <http://sourceware.cygnus.com/glibc>.
Okay, that's excellent. I didn't know this since I'm not familiar with
glibc 2.2. Thanks for straightening this out :)
-Chris
> We currently have only (configure --help output):
> --enable-kernel=VERSION compile for compatibility with kernel not older
> than VERSION
p.s. I wonder how much space this could save for, e.g. embedded Linux
applications?