Re: [RFC][PATCH] _UC_TLSBASE for all ports]

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 08:00:32PM +0200, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> I just propose to add an option to avoid that. I have trouble to
> understand why it meets such a resistance, since most of our ports
> already have that option available. I just add missing bits.

The only reason the option exists is to not create surprises for old
libc versions, i.e. to preserve compatibility with old programs.

Joerg