Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 06:24:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 06:24:23 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:19210 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 06:24:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:34:29 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Jeff Garzik Cc: kernel list , torvalds@transmeta.com, ak@suse.de, davem@redhat.com Subject: Re: ioctl32 consolidation Message-ID: <20030221113428.GF24049@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <20030220223119.GA18545@elf.ucw.cz> <20030220224433.GV9800@gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030220224433.GV9800@gtf.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 904 Lines: 24 Hi! > > Currently, 32-bit emulation in kernel has *5* copies, and its >1000 > > lines each. > > Yes :/ Consolidating all these copies into a single layer has been a > "project to be" for quite some time. > > I do not know if it is too late in 2.5.x to begin this work, however. > We _are_ in a feature freeze... I suppose it is up to the consensus of > arch maintainers, because it [obviously] does not affect ia32. Actually Andi asked me to do the work. Dave, is it okay with you? What about other maintainers? Pavel -- Casualities in World Trade Center: ~3k dead inside the building, cryptography in U.S.A. and free speech in Czech Republic. - 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/