Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265093AbUIFVIN (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Sep 2004 17:08:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266263AbUIFVIN (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Sep 2004 17:08:13 -0400 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:14343 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265093AbUIFVIM (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Sep 2004 17:08:12 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 22:08:07 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Andrew Morton Cc: Hirokazu Takata , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.9-rc1-mm3] [m32r] Modify sys_ipc() to remove useless iBCS2 support code Message-ID: <20040906220807.A9450@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , Hirokazu Takata , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040903014811.6247d47d.akpm@osdl.org> <20040903105423.A3179@infradead.org> <20040906.214051.336469534.takata.hirokazu@renesas.com> <20040906140209.05416fe6.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20040906140209.05416fe6.akpm@osdl.org>; from akpm@osdl.org on Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 02:02:09PM -0700 X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by phoenix.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 784 Lines: 18 On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 02:02:09PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Hirokazu Takata wrote: > > > > The useless iBCS2 supporting code is removed. > > I didn't really understand what Christoph was saying about this one, so > I'll apply it for now. iBCS2 is a standard for binary compatiblity on x86. The x86 SysV IPC code has hacks in there so it could be used by applications for x86 SVR3/4 system under binary emulation aswell. This is obviously useless for any non-x86 port, but lots of people blindly copied it. - 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/