i'm trying to figure out how klibc is part of a regular kernel
build, and i'm having trouble.

  i understand (in a general sense) that klibc is a tiny C library
meant for userspace, and for creating initramfs images.  but it's
clearly not part of the current kernel source tree, and yet, if you
look in /usr, the Makefile there just as clearly has a few
klibc-related references:

$ grep -rw klibcdirs *
usr/Makefile:klibcdirs:;
usr/Makefile:PHONY += klibcdirs
usr/Makefile:$(deps_initramfs): klibcdirs
usr/Makefile:$(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio.gz: $(obj)/gen_init_cpio 
$(deps_initramfs) klibcdirs

  but what's the reasoning behind that "klibcdirs" target?  it doesn't
seem to have any value.  can someone clarify what's going on here, and
how klibc can affect a kernel configuration and build?  thanks.

rday
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