This is the mail archive of the newlib@sourceware.org mailing list for the newlib project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

Re: redboot syscalls for libgloss/arm


2005/12/8, Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>:
> > Rather than extending the redboot syscall interface, which seems to be
> > intentionally sparse by design, I suspect I'll move along to a more
> > fully featured syscall interface, likely that of Linux. This means
> > adding a new syscall interface, linux-syscalls.c, to libgloss/arm.
> > This addition brings up the question of the config name. The Linux
> > syscalls could be added to arm-elf, alongside RDI, RDP, and Redboot.
> > This approach seems to me to be the path of least resistance.
> > Alternatively, a new arm-linux-newlib (a.k.a.
> > arm-unknown-linux-newlib) target could be added.
>
> Regarding a configuration target, no, I'd rather not get in the way of a
> future linux port that properly modifies the libc/sys/linux directory
> and adds arm-specific syscalls, etc.  There is no problem in following
> the other bsps in the directory and supplying ld scripts and spec files.

I've nearly finished the Linux syscall interface for libgloss/arm. Now
I only need to name the libgloss library. The other libraries are
called librdpmon.a and librdimon.a, but liblinuxmon.a would be a
misnomer, since Linux is more a kernel than a monitor.

Initially I called it libinux.a. Cute, but not friendly. It could be
liblinux-syscalls.a, but I'm leaning towards a name that includes
"gloss" in the title now. Perhaps libgloss-linux.a, or
libglosslinux.a? Perhaps libgloss could then ship with a libgloss.a
symlink to one of librdimon.a, librdpmon.a, redboot-syscalls.o, or
libgloss-linux.a.

Cheers,
Shaun


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]