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Re: [PATCH 1/7] Add <sys/auxv.h> and gethwcap function.
> diff --git a/misc/gethwcap.c b/misc/gethwcap.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..79baa58
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/misc/gethwcap.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
> +/* Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> + Â This file is part of the GNU C Library.
> +
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> +
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> +
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> +
> +#include <sys/auxv.h>
> +#include <ldsodefs.h>
> +
> +
> +uint64_t
> +__gethwcap (void)
> +{
> + Âreturn GLRO(dl_hwcap);
> +}
Isn't this redundant with the following?
__getauxval (AT_HWCAP)
I imagine, even for a user application, this probably isn't going to
be called more than once so is this specific export justified?
Ryan S. Arnold