[RFC v7 05/21] um: move arch/x86/um/os-Linux to tools/um/uml/

Johannes Berg johannes at sipsolutions.net
Wed Oct 7 11:23:02 EDT 2020


On Tue, 2020-10-06 at 18:44 +0900, Hajime Tazaki wrote:
> Similar to arch/um/os-Linux code, arch/x86 also contains OS dependent
> part as well.  This patch moves underlying OS dependent part to tools/um
> directory so that arch/x86 code does not need to build host build
> facilities (e.g., libc).

Again, I don't agree with the rationale. This isn't a tool in the kernel
sense, and separating only by "what does it link against" doesn't make
much sense either.

johannes





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