From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Keith Owens Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:16:44 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] XFS / IA64 system call conflict Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 09:49:49 -0700, David Mosberger wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:16:18 +1000, Keith Owens said: > > Keith> The problem is that IA64 is stuck on kernel 2.4.5 while XFS > Keith> development is up to 2.4.7. > >Don't worry, a 2.4.7 based patch is in the works (and, no, I won't >apologize for going on vacation...). > >What bothers me is that you apparently did not even try to contact me >to get official numbers. At least, I don't see any earlier message >from you in this regard. There is no 'official' source for syscall numbers. The lack of a standard process for assigning new syscall numbers is one of the annoying things about the kernel and glibc. Everybody picks their own on every arch, which almost guarantees conflicts.