32bit UID support, next patch

Chris Wing wingc@engin.umich.edu
Wed Jan 12 14:01:00 GMT 2000


Andreas:

> Chris> If we are going to have such a feature, we might as
> Chris> well disable other backwards compatibility while we're at it, like
> Chris> non-system call getcwd(), etc.
> 
> That's why you have to give it explicitly.  The default is
> --enable-kernel=0.0.0.  It doesn't work only for 32bit UIDS - it's
> also there for other newly introduced functions.  You can have a look
> at sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h via
> < http://sourceware.cygnus.com/glibc >.

Okay, that's excellent. I didn't know this since I'm not familiar with
glibc 2.2. Thanks for straightening this out :)

-Chris




> We currently have only (configure --help output):
>   --enable-kernel=VERSION compile for compatibility with kernel not older
>                            than VERSION

p.s. I wonder how much space this could save for, e.g. embedded Linux
applications?



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