2003-11-07 23:58:03

by Maciej Żenczykowski

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Subject: Syscalls being obsoleted???

I read somewhere that (all) syscalls (as in the method of calling them)
are being obsoleted, unfortunately this makes for a rather poor search
term.
Thus the question: is this true and with what is this being replaced?
[just a link would be sufficient]

Thanks,
MaZe.


2003-11-08 11:49:12

by bert hubert

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Subject: Re: Syscalls being obsoleted???

On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 12:39:16PM +0100, Maciej Zenczykowski wrote:
> I read somewhere that (all) syscalls (as in the method of calling them)
> are being obsoleted, unfortunately this makes for a rather poor search
> term.
> Thus the question: is this true and with what is this being replaced?
> [just a link would be sufficient]

Your source may be mixed up with sysenter, try googling on that.
Or: http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/531/1996

Good luck!

>
> Thanks,
> MaZe.
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2003-11-08 19:20:58

by Tomasz Torcz

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Subject: Re: Syscalls being obsoleted???

> On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 12:39:16PM +0100, Maciej Zenczykowski wrote:
> > I read somewhere that (all) syscalls (as in the method of calling them)
> > are being obsoleted, unfortunately this makes for a rather poor search
> > term.
> > Thus the question: is this true and with what is this being replaced?
> > [just a link would be sufficient]

I think that he meant this phrase in post-halloween-2.5.txt:
#v+
- Calling syscalls by numeric values is deprecated, and will go away
in the next development series.
#v-

What is new way of calling syscalls?

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2003-11-08 19:32:12

by bert hubert

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Subject: Re: Syscalls being obsoleted???

On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 08:21:13PM +0100, Tomasz Torcz wrote:

> I think that he meant this phrase in post-halloween-2.5.txt:
> #v+
> - Calling syscalls by numeric values is deprecated, and will go away
> in the next development series.
> #v-
>
> What is new way of calling syscalls?

I think this should be sysctls.

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2003-11-09 00:25:35

by Robert Love

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Subject: Re: Syscalls being obsoleted???

On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 14:21, Tomasz Torcz wrote:

> I think that he meant this phrase in post-halloween-2.5.txt:
> #v+
> - Calling syscalls by numeric values is deprecated, and will go away
> in the next development series.
> #v-
>
> What is new way of calling syscalls?

I think Dave means "sysctl" here, not syscalls.

Dave, this probably needs changing in the post-halloween-2.5.txt
document.

Robert Love


2003-11-09 17:44:06

by Dave Jones

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Subject: Re: Syscalls being obsoleted???

On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 07:24:59PM -0500, Robert Love wrote:
> > I think that he meant this phrase in post-halloween-2.5.txt:
> > #v+
> > - Calling syscalls by numeric values is deprecated, and will go away
> > in the next development series.
> > #v-
> >
> > What is new way of calling syscalls?
>
> I think Dave means "sysctl" here, not syscalls.

I did.

> Dave, this probably needs changing in the post-halloween-2.5.txt
> document.

I did.
Yet again, that amusing case appears where a thinko has been there
for months without anyone noticing, and once I've fixed it everyone
and his dog spots it 8-)

Dave