[OpenAFS-devel] Initial concern about Linux 2.4 patch

[Chas Williams]

In message <Pine.LNX.3.95L.1001105232810.11781B-100000@zalon.pc.cs.cmu.edu>,Jef
frey Hutzelman writes:
>proposals, we eventually decided to go with a single number designating
>the user-mode ABI "generation".  Since libc4/a.out had been i386_linux1,
>and libc5 had been i386_linux2, we decided to call glibc2 i386_linux3.

this is great if you are using glibc.  what is your arent?  i believe
there is an effort underway to make the bsd userland run with the linux
kernel environment.  they would use i386_linux4?  see my other mesg about
this.  perhaps it would be better to move the linux of the s/w half of
the sysname entirely.  redhat isnt linux.  slackware isnt linux.  glibc
isnt linux. linuxppc_glibc21 seems descriptive enough (and wouldnt be
confused with the previous sysname values) although a bit long.

>sysname to reflect that usage.  I suspect very few people use it (or
>would) to identify kernel-related items, especially on Linux, where there
>are so many possible variations.

actually the kernel is the most common element about linux.  not the
userspace.