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On Thu, 6 Dec 2018, Joseph Myers wrote:

> >  So how are `SYS_<name>' macros generated that land in <bits/syscall.h>?
> 
> By gen-syscall-h.awk, which generates #ifdef conditionals for each 
> possible __NR_* name (as listed in syscall-names.list in glibc).

 I seem to remember having to take extra care with how the three MIPS ABIs 
wire the syscalls to get it right in glibc, but I take it then this has 
been now addressed reliably enough for the glibc not to care how exactly
<asm/unistd.h> has been arranged.

 Given my current level of involvement with the MIPS architecture I take 
your word for it and will not investigate it any further.  Thanks for your 
input.

  Maciej