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Re: Wiring up direct socket calls on x86_32 Linux?
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>
- To: Andy Lutomirski <luto at amacapital dot net>
- Cc: X86 ML <x86 at kernel dot org>, "linux-kernel\ at vger dot kernel dot org" <linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org>, Alexander Larsson <alexl at redhat dot com>, Cosimo Cecchi <cosimo at endlessm dot com>, Dan Nicholson <nicholson at endlessm dot com>, Network Development <netdev at vger dot kernel dot org>, libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 23:29:04 +0200
- Subject: Re: Wiring up direct socket calls on x86_32 Linux?
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Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> writes:
> Glibc people: If Linux wired up the syscalls, would glibc use them?
Not automatically. It needs to be compatible with the configured
minimum kernel version, so runtime probing would needed to be
implemented.
Andreas.
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