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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:50:15 +0100
From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] consolidate sys_shmat
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 04:27:09PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:

> I have minimised this patch a bit.  It now just consolidates sys_shmat and
> in doing so, "fixes" the ABIs for MIPS(64) and ARM.  ARM glibc does not
> use the sys_shmnat syscall directly so far (as far as I can see) and on
> MIPS64, the ABI that glibc seems to expect (I am pretty much guessing) is
> the fixed one.

Correct, so the patch is looking ok.

  Ralf