backported patch from uclibc mailing list. http://www.nabble.com/-PATCH--splice%2C-vmsplice-and-tee-for-i386-td16806418.html
Created attachment 151246 [details, diff] 60_all_uClibc-splice.patch named 60_* since bug #125701 contains 50_all_uClibc-realpath.patch
this was added to the patchset about a week after this bug was filed