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authorChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com>2015-03-19 13:33:01 -0400
committerChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com>2015-03-19 13:33:01 -0400
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linux-generic: add a README
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+This hierarchy supports Linux systems using the new
+asm-generic/unistd.h, which removes many familiar old syscalls.  For
+example, to implement open(), newer Linux architectures require glibc
+to invoke the __NR_openat syscall with AT_FDCWD.  This hierarchy
+provides all those implementations.
+
+It also provides support for 32-bit platforms using the 64-bit kernel
+syscall APIs, as the 32-bit ones are no longer provided.  Note that
+newer ILP32 environments (x32 or AArch64:ILP32, for example) are
+converting to use more 64-bit types in kernel syscalls, so that aspect
+of this support is in more flux as of this writing.