Wolfgang Denk wrote:
In message 3DF45C39.EE4FD65C@staubli.com you wrote:
The following patch adds the strtoul entry in the syscall table. This function is very usefull for analyzing the command line arguments in standalone applications.
Why do you think this is necessary?
simple_strtoul() is part of the generic library (implemented in lib_generic/vsprintf.c). Any standalone application that needs this function can simply link against this library, so I don;t see the benefit from calling this through the syscall interface.
Maybe I'm missing something?
I've tried to link my standalone application againt the libgeneric library. I've got a lot of undefined references (to printf, putc, udelay, do_reset) during the link because the function simple_strtoul is in the file vsprintf.c which contains other functions (panic, sprintf, ...). If we want to use this function in a standalone application, we need to separate the vsprintf.c in several pieces. What is the best solution ?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
Best regards