For C++ STL support you can try NDK Wrapper:) mundou
On 12月20日, 下午4时58分, staalmannen <staal1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi List > > This is a somewhat philosophical question since I do not know exactly > how these things work. As far as I have understood it, Bionic libc is > largely based on BSD libc with some modifications that makes it > possible to compile a modified linux kernel. > > My question is whether this means that it would be possible to make an > "extended" bionic libc implementing the excluded BSDlibc things (as > far as I have read C++ support, wide chars > etc;http://elinux.org/Android_Notes#C_Library_.28bionic.29_info) not > present in this library for building a more general-purpose Linux > kernel+userland than the one used in Android, for example for desktop- > or server use. Anyone aware of such a project? > > Would some things block a "linux-ported" BSD lib C from being both BSD- > compatible and at the same time able to compile a Linux kernel? > According to the information about the bionic libc and needed patches > to linux there are things in the current linux that are not optimal > and that are "blamed" on the glibc (http://www.netmite.com/android/ > mydroid/bionic/libc/kernel/README.TXT). If this is the case, it may > perhaps be interesting for many people to have an equally capable > alternative libc. > > Why this would be desirable can ofcourse be discussed, but I have > found a number of views on the internet where people feel that the BSD > libc is nicer than glibc (with some examples where the final binary is > smaller with BSD libc than glibc;http://www.galexander.org/glibc.html) > and it would ofcourse be rather cool if someone could build a BSD/ > Linux (as soon as Clang is able to compile it, that is, which also > would require C++ support for LLVM) as an alternative to GNU/Linux > (and analogously to the reasons for using bionic in Android it might > open for additional use cases where companies are hesitant to adopt > Linux due to fear of GPL close to their apps). > > Ps. sorry for spamming the list if this was an inappropriate forum for > this question. I googled around a bit and did not find any better > alternatives. Ds. -- unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
