Carl Lowenstein wrote: >.. > Google is (somewhat) your friend. First I learned that vdso.so is > built into the kernel, and has been for a couple of years. Then I > learned what the name means, from: > <http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelGlossary> > > "Virtual Dynamically-linked Shared Object, a kernel-provided shared > library that helps userspace perform a few kernel actions without the > overhead of a system call, as well as automatically choosing the most > efficient syscall mechanism."
Thanks for posting that link. Now if someone would explain why ldd shows items such as this without any target.. ..oh, waitaminute (bulb lights up), maybe it means built-in. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
