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diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/README b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/README deleted file mode 100644 index 301a6107e1..0000000000 --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,11 +0,0 @@ -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. |