Klibc

Infobox_Software
name = klibc

caption =


developer = H. Peter Anvin
latest_release_version = 1.5
latest_release_date = March 4, 2007
operating_system = Linux
genre = C standard library
license = GNU General Public License
website = The klibc is a minimalistic libc subset developed by H. Peter Anvin, intended to be used within an initramfs, as part of a multi-stage Linux boot process. It is incorporated by default into initial ram filesystems that are created by the mkinitramfs script in Debian and Ubuntu. Further more it has a set of small Unix utilities that are useful in early userspace (cpio, dash, fstype, mkdir, mknod, mount, nfsmount, run-init, ..).

The klibc effort states as goal to move as much initialization code in Linux as possible out of the kernel [cite web |url=http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=103622506919278&w=2 |title=initramfs merge, part 1 of N |date=2002-02-11 ] : "some initialization is better done in user space" [cite web |url= http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=103626389507412&w=2 |title= Re: initramfs merge, part 1 of N |date=2002-02-11 ]

See also

* Early user space
* newlib
* dietlibc
* uClibc

References

*cite book |author=Hagen, William W. |title=The Definitive Guide to GCC, Second Edition |publisher=APress |location=Berkeley, CA |year=2006 |pages=286-289 |isbn=1-59059-585-8

External links

* [ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/klibc/ Source archive]
* [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=libs/klibc/klibc.git;a=summary Browsable development tree]
* [http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/klibc/ Mailing list]
* [http://lwn.net/Articles/14776/ Initramfs arrives] - November 2002, LWN.net