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Re: [RFC] Expanding the hwcap
- From: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at systemhalted dot org>
- To: rsa at us dot ibm dot com
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, rth at twiddle dot net, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel dot crashing dot org>, Steven Munroe <sjmunroe at us dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:35:17 -0400
- Subject: Re: [RFC] Expanding the hwcap
- References: <1350425312.25040.6342.camel@localhost.localdomain>
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Ryan Arnold <rsa@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> The simplest method would be to export another word from the kernel
> named hwcap2. This would create a second hwcap entry in the
> rtld_global_ro structure.
I like hwcap2.
It's simple and extends the currently well understood mechanism.
Cheers,
Carlos.