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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 7/8] fdmap v2 - implement sys_socket2
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On Thursday 07 June 2007, Davide Libenzi wrote:
> The sys_socketcall() system call has been also changed to support
> a new SYS_SOCKET2 indentifier.

I thought the general agreement was that sys_socketcall is a bad
idea to start with. Is there any benefit in adding new calls to
it instead of using a new system call number for sys_socket2 on
all architectures?

	Arnd <><
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