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authorRichard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>2012-05-24 07:45:49 -0700
committerRichard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>2012-05-24 07:45:49 -0700
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Add getauxval news entry.
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@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ Version 2.16
Note that glibc is not expected to work with any Linux kernel version
before 2.6.
+* New header <sys/auxv.h> and function getauxval allowing easy access to
+ the AT_* key-value pairs passed from the Linux kernel. The header also
+ defines the HWCAP_* bits associated with the AT_HWCAP key.
+
* New locales: mag_IN
Version 2.15