Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751465AbWH1UZp (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:25:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751473AbWH1UZp (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:25:45 -0400 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:63703 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751465AbWH1UZo (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:25:44 -0400 Message-Id: <200608282020.k7SKKntv031777@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Andi Kleen cc: Arnd Bergmann , David Woodhouse , David Miller , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, jdike@addtoit.com, B.Steinbrink@gmx.de, arjan@infradead.org, chase.venters@clientec.com, akpm@osdl.org, rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] remove all remaining _syscallX macros In-Reply-To: Message from Andi Kleen of "Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:42:21 +0200." <200608281642.21737.ak@suse.de> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.1; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 19) Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:20:49 -0400 From: "Horst H. von Brand" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (inti.inf.utfsm.cl [200.1.19.1]); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:21:26 -0400 (CLT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1128 Lines: 24 Andi Kleen wrote: > 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. Could just this macro layer be explicitly BSD (or at least LGPL) licensed? If not, it looks like a SCOX-whining-over-errno.h thing in the making in case somebody wants to build a non-GPL libc on top... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - 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/