From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 02 Oct 2002 15:45:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mx2.mips.com ([206.31.31.227]:32455 "EHLO mx2.mips.com") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 15:45:15 +0200 Received: from newman.mips.com (ns-dmz [206.31.31.225]) by mx2.mips.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g92DiVrZ006824; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 06:44:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from copfs01.mips.com (copfs01 [192.168.205.101]) by newman.mips.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id GAA22768; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 06:45:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mips.com (IDENT:carstenl@coplin20 [192.168.205.90]) by copfs01.mips.com (8.11.4/8.9.0) with ESMTP id g92DiWb04021; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 15:44:32 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <3D9AF840.CDF33026@mips.com> Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 15:44:32 +0200 From: Carsten Langgaard X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.9-31-P3-UP-WS-jg i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" CC: Ralf Baechle , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: 64-bit kernel patch. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 333 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: carstenl@mips.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips "Maciej W. Rozycki" wrote: > On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Carsten Langgaard wrote: > > > I have a number of patches for the o32 syscall wrapper/conversion > > routines, which is needed when running a 64-bit kernel on an o32 > > userland. > > Here is the first one. Ralf, could you please apply it, so I can send > > the next one. > > Do you have a fix for sys32_sendmsg/sys32_recvmsg as well? I just > started working on it and I'd prefer not to do a duplicate work. Yes, that's exactly the next one, I will be sending. So stay tuned. > > As a side note -- arch/mips64/kernel/linux32.c is a huge collection of > often unrelated functions. It might be beneficial to split the file > functionally, e.g. into fs32.c, net32.c, etc. or even with a finer grain, > preferably in a subdirectory, e.g. arch/mips64/linux32/. What do you > think? That's probably a good idea, but I would like to get my patches out first, before splitting things up. > > > -- > + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + > +--------------------------------------------------------------+ > + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available + -- _ _ ____ ___ Carsten Langgaard Mailto:carstenl@mips.com |\ /|||___)(___ MIPS Denmark Direct: +45 4486 5527 | \/ ||| ____) Lautrupvang 4B Switch: +45 4486 5555 TECHNOLOGIES 2750 Ballerup Fax...: +45 4486 5556 Denmark http://www.mips.com