[BL] uClibc and BL3

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Sat Sep 11 17:41:58 EDT 2004


sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > So BL3 contains static uClibc versions of busybox and
> > Xvesa.
> 
> Would the BL3 Xvesa that you compiled also work in BL2?

Probably.

> Is there any chance of your posting an xvesa add-on for BL2 
> that could be used INSTEAD OF your bl2-x.tgz package 

I am no longer developing stuff for BL2.  My focus is entirely
on BL3 now.

> Would a dynamic glibc (libc6, 2.1.3) Xvesa be larger or smaller 
> than the static uClibc that you compiled?

Around the same size.  But, if you are running glibc2 libraries, 
you would be better off with a dynamic glibc2 version.  I suspect
that some (most?) of the problems we are having with Xvesa are
caused by the way it was compiled (static uClibc).

> > Yes.  Although I am running into relatively few programs
> > that fail to compile on libc5.  A much bigger impediment
> > is Xvesa.
> 
> Impediment in what way?

They work fine with a normal Xserver, but they crash with Xvesa.  
Usually the crash is immediate.  Sometimes the program comes up 
fine, but crashes the first time you click on it.  

Cheers,
Steven



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