[ECOS] libc support

NavEcos ecos@navosha.com
Wed Aug 21 06:44:00 GMT 2002


On Wednesday 21 August 2002 06:33 am, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > 00000000 g     F .text.setuid	00000018 setuid
> > > 00000000 g     F .text.setgid	00000018 setgid
> > > 00000000 g     F .text.mkdir	000000c7 mkdir
> > > 00000000 g     F .text.rmdir	000000c7 rmdir
> > > 00000000 g     F .text.rename	00000119 rename
> > > 00000000 g     F .text.chdir	0000014e chdir
> >
> > <snip snip>
> >
> > Yes, but as you can see, some are cleary not actually supported even
> > if the symbol is in the library.
>
> Depends how you define not supported.
>
> __externC int   setuid    ( uid_t uid ) { errno = EPERM; return -1;

Well, what I mean by supported is if it's sensible to use it in a
working system.

> I would say this is supported in a very sensible manor.

I would agree that it's supported as well as is reasonable in an
embedded system.

> There are a few comments in the documentation about this in the
> documentation. Basically, if its in ISO 9899:1990, eCos has it.

OK, that's a perfect place for me to look.

Thanks,
-Rich

>       Andrew


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