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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fork(2): add ENOSYS
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 11:49:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201205011149.34086.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKgNAkjx1a002xLYEYtgJr8Luy8mKSiWo8J8ZT+aYbzhVrRz5g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

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On Tuesday 01 May 2012 01:38:35 Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > --- a/man2/fork.2
> > +++ b/man2/fork.2
> > @@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ capability.
> >  .B ENOMEM
> >  .BR fork ()
> >  failed to allocate the necessary kernel structures because memory is
> > tight. +.TP
> > +.B ENOSYS
> > +.BR fork ()
> > +is not supported on this platform (e.g. a no-mmu setup).
> >  .SH "CONFORMING TO"
> >  SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
> >  .SH NOTES
> 
> I'm curious. Which architectures currently do this, do you know?

ones w/out an mmu ;)

looking at 'config MMU', arch/*/Kconfig, i see it could happen to:
	arm blackfin c6x frv h8300 microblaze mips xtensa
-mike

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-05-01 15:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-01  4:50 [PATCH] fork(2): add ENOSYS Mike Frysinger
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2012-05-01  5:38   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
     [not found]     ` <CAKgNAkjx1a002xLYEYtgJr8Luy8mKSiWo8J8ZT+aYbzhVrRz5g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-05-01 15:49       ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
     [not found]         ` <201205011149.34086.vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2012-05-01 18:21           ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
     [not found]             ` <CAKgNAkiHQX4o0EiVW53W=PQbgp+RW6-LMqY7NpOb+4bGPdHFQw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-05-01 18:33               ` Mike Frysinger

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