Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:37:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:37:22 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-5-cust12.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.121.12]:45561 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:37:22 -0400 Subject: Re: MAX_PID changes in 2.5.31 From: Alan Cox To: Andries Brouwer Cc: Ingo Molnar , Richard Gooch , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20020820003346.GA4592@win.tue.nl> References: <1029799751.21212.0.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20020820003346.GA4592@win.tue.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-6) Date: 20 Aug 2002 01:41:32 +0100 Message-Id: <1029804092.21242.18.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 537 Lines: 15 On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 01:33, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 12:29:11AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > libc5 is very much 16bit pid throughout. > > Can you clarify? It uses the 16bit assuming syscall entry points, and has no knowledge of the 32bit pid stuff when its needed - 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/