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List:       glibc-alpha
Subject:    Re: support for calling Linux syscalls directly
From:       Roland McGrath <roland () hack ! frob ! com>
Date:       2013-01-31 23:49:49
Message-ID: 20130131234949.396B12C069 () topped-with-meat ! com
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> The approach I proposed was to determine what's "glibc material". I
> suspect everything that's not does not belong in a library at all. If
> the syscall is specific to a single package (like modutils), then the
> package (e.g. modutils) maintainers are going to be a lot more
> competent dealing with the kernel interface than a third party trying
> to maintain libinux.

The plan is that libinux be maintained along with the kernel, which is by
definition the place that knows the kernel interfaces best as they change.
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