Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756143AbZDVOSd (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:18:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752244AbZDVOSY (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:18:24 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:50510 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751827AbZDVOSY (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:18:24 -0400 To: Igor Zhbanov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Idea: Feature information / extensions dispatcher syscall. From: Andi Kleen References: Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:18:17 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Igor Zhbanov's message of "Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:12:07 +0400") Message-ID: <871vrkpyae.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/22.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 664 Lines: 20 Igor Zhbanov writes: > > This allow to use system calls in any extension modules without need to reserve > syscall number in kernel source and allow binaries to run correctly on > any kernel > (where that extension feature can have another syscall number). > > What do you think? You're trying to reinvent the vfs / device nodes / ioctls -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- 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/