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Rich Felker e3cd6c5c26 major stdio overhaul, using readv/writev, plus other changes
the biggest change in this commit is that stdio now uses readv to fill
the caller's buffer and the FILE buffer with a single syscall, and
likewise writev to flush the FILE buffer and write out the caller's
buffer in a single syscall.

making this change required fundamental architectural changes to
stdio, so i also made a number of other improvements in the process:

- the implementation no longer assumes that further io will fail
  following errors, and no longer blocks io when the error flag is set
  (though the latter could easily be changed back if desired)

- unbuffered mode is no longer implemented as a one-byte buffer. as a
  consequence, scanf unreading has to use ungetc, to the unget buffer
  has been enlarged to hold at least 2 wide characters.

- the FILE structure has been rearranged to maintain the locations of
  the fields that might be used in glibc getc/putc type macros, while
  shrinking the structure to save some space.

- error cases for fflush, fseek, etc. should be more correct.

- library-internal macros are used for getc_unlocked and putc_unlocked
  now, eliminating some ugly code duplication. __uflow and __overflow
  are no longer used anywhere but these macros. switch to read or
  write mode is also separated so the code can be better shared, e.g.
  with ungetc.

- lots of other small things.
2011-03-28 01:14:44 -04:00
arch match glibc/lsb cancellation abi on i386 2011-03-25 22:13:57 -04:00
crt cleanup comment cruft in startup code 2011-02-21 22:27:35 -05:00
dist remove -Wno-pointer-sign example from dist/config.mak 2011-03-25 16:50:49 -04:00
include match glibc/lsb cancellation abi on i386 2011-03-25 22:13:57 -04:00
lib new solution for empty lib dir (old one had some problems) 2011-02-17 17:12:52 -05:00
src major stdio overhaul, using readv/writev, plus other changes 2011-03-28 01:14:44 -04:00
tools use -L/...../ -lgcc instead of /...../libgcc.a in musl-gcc wrapper 2011-03-01 12:04:36 -05:00
COPYING initial check-in, version 0.5.0 2011-02-12 00:22:29 -05:00
COPYRIGHT some docs fixes for x86_64 2011-02-15 14:52:11 -05:00
INSTALL some docs fixes for x86_64 2011-02-15 14:52:11 -05:00
Makefile various changes in preparation for dynamic linking support 2011-02-24 16:37:21 -05:00
README initial check-in, version 0.5.0 2011-02-12 00:22:29 -05:00
WHATSNEW document changes for 0.7.1 2011-03-18 09:59:20 -04:00

musl libc - a new standard library to power a new generation of
Linux-based devices. musl is lightweight, fast, simple, free, and
strives to be correct in the sense of standards-conformance and
safety.

musl is an alternative to glibc, eglibc, uClibc, dietlibc, and klibc.
For reasons why one might prefer musl, please see the FAQ and libc
comparison chart on the project website,

    http://www.etalabs.net/musl/

For installation instructions, see the INSTALL file.

Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file for details on the copyright status
of code included in musl, and the COPYING file for the license (LGPL)
under which the library as a whole is distributed.



Greetings libc hackers!

This package is an _alpha_ release of musl, intended for the curious
and the adventurous. While it can be used to build a complete small
Linux system (musl is self-hosted on the system I use to develop it),
at this point doing so requires a lot of manual effort. Nonetheless, I
hope low-level Linux enthusiasts will try out building some compact
static binaries with musl using the provided gcc wrapper (which allows
you to link programs with musl on a "standard" glibc Linux system),
find whatever embarassing bugs I've let slip through, and provide
feedback on issues encountered building various software against musl.

Please visit #musl on Freenode IRC or contact me via email at dalias
AT etalabs DOT net for bug reports, support requests, or to get
involved in development. As this has been a one-person project so far,
mailing lists will be setup in due time on an as-needed basis.

Thank you for trying out musl.

Cheers,

Rich Felker / dalias