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Re: The time has come for a kernel interfacing library layer


From: "Thomas E. Spanjaard" <tgen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 20:05:23 +0200

Matthew Dillon wrote:
The kernel loader (and ld-elf
when it loads things) will automatically detect the existance of the
section and automatically mmap() the actual syscall layer into the BSS space, as well as mmap() anything else that it needs for system
interfacing (any additional mmap()'d sections will be not be directly
visible to userland. Userland only sees the stub table).

Can I safely assume here that you mean it'll load 'old defaults' for programs not carrying around that specific bss data section?


Cheers,
		-- Thomas E. Spanjaard
		   tgen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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