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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:06:04 -0500
From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
Cc: Chris Vandomelen <chrisv@b0rked.dhs.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] Assigning syscall numbers for testing
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On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 04:10:21PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> I'm glad somebody understands the code :).

There are two directions of binary compatibility: forwads and backwards.  
Your patch breaks forwards compatibility if used outside the main tree.  Try 
to understand this.

		-ben
-- 
Fish.
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