From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:52:17 +0100 (CET) Received: from p508B6D85.dip.t-dialin.net ([80.139.109.133]:40345 "EHLO dea.linux-mips.net") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:52:17 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id gAE4puF27101; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:51:56 +0100 Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:51:56 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: george anzinger Cc: Bradley Bozarth , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: SEGEV defines Message-ID: <20021114055156.C24744@linux-mips.org> References: <3DD3252E.8DB61CE6@mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3DD3252E.8DB61CE6@mvista.com>; from george@mvista.com on Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 08:23:10PM -0800 Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 640 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 08:23:10PM -0800, george anzinger wrote: > I MUCH prefer a change to the kernel if one or the other > needs to change. The issue is, of course, IRIX > compatability and what that means. This comes up because I > want to use the definitions in combination and the common > bit makes a mess of things. Still, it would be NICE if it > matched the rest of the platforms. The IRIX compatibility code seems unused and the constants aren't even part of the ABI at all. So in this case it indeed seems preferable to change the kernel side. Anybody disagrees? Ralf