[PATCH 2/2 v4] [BZ #10283] localedef: align fixed maps to SHMLBA

David Miller davem@davemloft.net
Wed Jun 19 20:36:00 GMT 2013


From: Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:36:58 -0700 (PDT)

>> after all, the issue we're talking about here isn't really founded in the 
>> Linux port, but from the hardware itself.  it arises due to aliasing issues 
>> with hardware memory maps.  so i don't see how the hurd guys could even avoid 
>> it if they ever get around to doing a port for sparc/arm/ia64/hppa/etc...
> 
> That's not the point.  The point is that SHMLBA being the way the system
> communicates these requirements is a Linuxism and not a proper GNU API.

And SunOS, and Solaris, and...



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