>>>>> "Erik" == Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Erik> On Fri Oct 20, 2000 at 02:24:59PM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
>> >>>>> "Erik" == Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
Erik> At Lineo (where I work) we have a tool called "Lipo" (written in perl) that
Erik> does the library reduction thing, and we have it working quite nicely on a
Erik> number of platforms.
>>
>> Can we use it?
Erik> I just checked, and it looks like lipo is not being released for free
Erik> (obligitory mumble). It does some very complex and interesting stuff though.
That's silly. We'll just reimplement it anyway.
Erik> Regardless, to fix up the current mklibs.sh so it can at least work properly
Erik> cross platform it really just needs platform specific symbol kludge lists.
Erik> I.e. test on powerpc. Doesn't work, but prints out "missing symbol _foo".
Erik> _foo goes into the powerpc symbol kludge list. Iterate till it works, then
Erik> pick a new platform to fix.
Ok. I saw a shell script on solaris like that once. It actually
tried to dynamicly figure out what libraries to link something
against by looping around until it had built the list.
I guess while we're at it we may as well rewrite it in Perl or
something quicker than a shell script. It really needs real lists.
I don't completely understand how it works yet, but have some idea.
It would be a fun project to try. Right now I'm working on my XEmacs
21.2 packager. Dres didn't want to take over; it's really complex
and not finished, so if it's going to get done, I have to finish it.
I've another week at this rate.
Erik> I don't think uclibc is quite ready for use by the boot floppies -- but I
think
Erik> it will be ready before the woody release. One thing that may need some
Erik> attention is arch support (such as Alpha or UltraSparc).
>>
>> Is it in CVS where we can pull it out as an included module or a side
>> tree? Can you create a patch-queue like I mentioned previously?
Erik> My ucLibc source tree lives at:
Erik> http://opensource.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/uC-libc/
Erik> directions for anon cvs access is at
Erik> http://opensource.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html
Ok, cool. Do you have a patch queue for us?
Erik> The syscall layer is in a state of flux at the moment -- starting late last
Erik> night I began converting from asm syscall invocations to c ones, which makes
Erik> my life a lot easier and makes it much easier to port to new architectures.
With any luck I'll understand the code well enough to help enough to
impress someone into hiring me.
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