klibc - Jan 2011 - (fwd) Re: Bug#334917: [PATCH] Re: klibc barfs on m68k syscall interface

Hello,

It be cool if belows patch could be reviewed by a m68k Maintainer.
It should apply to latest klibc git, which can be found on
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/klibc/klibc.git

klibc is most easiest to compile against a linux-2.6 configured tree with
make  KLIBCKERNELSRC=`pwd`/../linux-2.6

master klibc should built fine on m68k, but is not know to work:
http://bugs.debian.org/334917

thank you.

-- 
maks

----- Forwarded message from Thorsten Glaser <tg at mirbsd.de> -----

maximilian attems dixit:
>It be cool if belows patch could be reviewed by a m68k Maintainer.
I?ve patched mksh to work without job signals, depending on a flag;
while this is not desirable generally, it allows me to run its test
suite. The patch per se is correct, but may be incomplete (i.e. I
still get some failures that pass on i386, where other syscalls or
functions may be involved).

I?ll probably debug and submit more of that later.
>-	blt.l	1f
>+	bcs.l	1f			/* jmp short if _not_ error */
I think this is the one-liner (plus repeating in vfork.S, here by
jumping to the common code) fixing the issue. The rest is? well?
don?t hit me? me mentally converting the code of klibc and eglibc
both to i386 assembly, comparing, mixing, fixing, optimising, and
converting back to m68k assembly ? stylistic flames welcome! (Yes,
I mean it. I?m learning this as I go.)

//mirabilos
-- 
22:20?<asarch> The crazy that persists in his craziness becomes a master
22:21?<asarch> And the distance between the craziness and geniality is
only measured by the success                       22:21?<mksh> it?s a
very thin line anyway? with some, you don?t know which side they?re on