From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] remove all remaining _syscallX macros
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:42:21 +0200
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On Monday 28 August 2006 16:05, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> The patch below should address both these issues, as long as the libc
> has a working implementation of syscall(2).

I would prefer the _syscall() macros to stay independent of the 
actual glibc version. Or what do you do otherwise on a system
with old glibc? Upgrading glibc is normally a major PITA.

-Andi
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