Why does klibc make such a difference for v86d?

ConnorBehan · 2013-01-06 08:57:30

I decided to use uvesafb again, having built it for the first time in 2010. However, it gave a horribly corrupted image with v86d from the repos. The only way I can get the console to look as good as it did in 2010 is to link v86d against klibc. Making the klibc-2.0.2 package for that purpose today was really annoying.

Before Arch used busybox, some things *needed* klibc. They would simply crash if you tried to link them against glibc and run them in early userspace without the root directory being mounted. But I'm at a loss for what is going on here -- v86d runs with or without klibc but having it linked to klibc makes it better (at least on an old ATI Rage Mobility M3).

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#1 2013-01-06 08:57:30

Why does klibc make such a difference for v86d?

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