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To: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.19-rc1 broke OSF binaries on alpha
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On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Ivan Kokshaysky wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 03:26:18AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Please fix the Alpha port. The behaviour fixed is _required_ by SuS.
>
> No objections, but
> a) it wasn't a bugfix (just a compliance crap)
> b) it seriously broke the alpha port right before the new
>    kernel release.
>
> > Make your own alpha syscall that handles this crap.
>
> I'd be happy to see that patch included in 2.4.20-pre1.

Actually I asked Richard Henderson at OLS if he could do the alpha syscall
do the stuff for -rc2.

I really don't like that "#ifdef alpha" stuff in generic code.

Richard? :)

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