Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:02:01 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] perf: Port to Android |
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* Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:08:45 +0100 > Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 03:32:50PM -0600, David Ahern wrote: > > > > > Why not add support for the missing functions (on_exit, getsid, > > > psignal and getline) to Bionic instead of perf? > > > > Many vendors need to target existing Android platforms and > > don't have the luxury of waiting for code to get through > > Google review and then land on devices between 6 months in > > the future and never. The embedded world is dysfunctional in > > a whole bunch of ways. > > So add a small library and link with -lstuffandroidforgot. > That's basically how the FSF dealt with all the proprietary > Unix library messes. > > Come to think of it call the library "integrated build runtime > environment" and you can like with -libre ;) > > It's also going to be far more maintainable and generically > useful for porting tools from GNU to 'droid userspace.
Well, you should see the uglies Git has to support Windows ;-)
Anyway, I'm not against making perf work on Android in principle, it is Obviously Useful (tm).
Thanks,
Ingo
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