absence of sys_waitpid() in ARM kernels.

[Dan Kegel]

Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> I just cross-built a native arm-unknown-linux-gnu compiler, and that works
> MUCH better with 2.6 kernel headers than with 2.4 kernel headers.
> 
> Using the 2.4 kernel headers, I would end up with a glibc that called
> syscalls that didn't exist.  waitpid was one of them, but I would get
> strange errors with file locking too.
> 
> Now that I re-bootstrapped with the headers from linux 2.6.6, all those
> problems appear to have disappeared, as mysteriously as they came.

Well, maybe I should make 2.6.x the default for all arches
in crosstool, then... the resulting tools ought to work
fine with 2.4 kernels, and they work much better for you,
so I guess it's time to switch.
- Dan


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