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+++ b/libc/sysdeps/linux/README
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ port uClibc to some new Linux architecture (arm, mips, etc), this is the place
to add that support.
All stuff that is not at all dependent on a particular Linux architecture
-goes in the 'common' directory.
+goes in the 'common' directory. However, for new architectures which are
+using the generic syscalls in the Linux Kernel, the 'common-generic'
+directory should be used instead as they all use identical interfaces for
+the system calls.