Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751319AbaLIR1P (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2014 12:27:15 -0500 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:53011 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750931AbaLIR1O (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2014 12:27:14 -0500 Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 18:27:09 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86-64, doc: update to account for file shuffling Message-ID: <20141209172709.GC4147@pd.tnic> References: <1418079241-4362-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1418079241-4362-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 02:54:01PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" > > While at it, also refer to the 32 bit entry file. > > Cc: H. Peter Anvin > Cc: Borislav Petkov > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org > Cc: x86@kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez > --- > Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt | 6 ++++-- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt > index bc7226e..4796392 100644 > --- a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt > +++ b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt > @@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ http://lkml.kernel.org/r/<20110529191055.GC9835%40elte.hu> > The x86 architecture has quite a few different ways to jump into > kernel code. Most of these entry points are registered in > arch/x86/kernel/traps.c and implemented in arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S > -and arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S. > +for 64-bit, arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S for 32-bit and finally > +arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S which allows to run legacy 32-bit programs > +under a 64-bit kernel. Make that "... which implements the 32-bit compatibility syscall entry points and thus provides for 32-bit processes to execute syscalls when running on 64-bit kernels." Or something like that. In any case, a bit more precise sounds better to me. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/