On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:13:05PM -0500, David Miller wrote: > From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:17:58 -0800 > > > Is the splice family of syscalls the only one that tiny has identified > > for optional building or can we expect similar treatment for other > > syscalls? > > > > Why will many embedded systems not need these syscalls? You know > > exactly what apps they run and you are positive that those apps do > > not use splice? > > I think starting to compile out system calls is a very slippery > slope we should not begin the journey down. > > This changes the forward facing interface to userspace. I certainly sympathize with this concern, given the importance of software portability. However, the tiny-hardware alternative appears ot some sort of special-purpose embedded OS, which most definitely will suffer from software compatibility issues. I guess that the good news is that much of the tiny hardware that used to be 8 or 16 bits is now 32 bits, which means that it has at least some chance of running some form of Linux. ;-) Thanx, Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
