Re: common name for the kernel DSO

[H. Peter Anvin]

David Mosberger wrote:
>>>>>>On 18 Jun 2003 23:18:02 -0700, "H. Peter Anvin" <[e-mail]> said:
> 
> 
>   HPA> It's a pretty ugly name, quite frankly, since it doesn't explain what
>   HPA> it is a gate from or to.  linux-syscall.so.1 or linux-kernel.so.1
>   HPA> would make a lot more sense.
> 
> Umh, it does say _linux_-gate, so I think it's pretty
> self-explanatory.  I considered linux-kernel.so, but think it would
> cause a lot of confusion vis-a-vis, say, kernel32.dll (I didn't write
> that, did I??).  I'm not terribly fond of linux-syscall, but I could
> live with it.
> 

There is a lot of "linux" in userspace too, though.  ld-linux.so.* to 
start out with...

	-hpa