[RFC] Expanding the hwcap

Carlos O'Donell carlos@systemhalted.org
Wed Oct 17 19:35:00 GMT 2012


On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Ryan Arnold <rsa@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> The simplest method would be to export another word from the kernel
> named hwcap2.  This would create a second hwcap entry in the
> rtld_global_ro structure.

I like hwcap2.

It's simple and extends the currently well understood mechanism.

Cheers,
Carlos.



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