From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 84B80DDDF4 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 07:05:07 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Reserve syscall number 319 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Josh Boyer In-Reply-To: <20080902120824.GB2218@yoda.jdub.homelinux.org> References: <20080902054941.77DA3DDDF0@ozlabs.org> <20080902120824.GB2218@yoda.jdub.homelinux.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:02:47 +1000 Message-Id: <1220389367.13010.143.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Reply-To: benh@kernel.crashing.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 08:08 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 03:48:45PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > >Some stuff I'm working on that isn't released yet needs > >a syscall number but I can't say what it's for until I > >get permission to release it :-) > > > >In the meantime, it would be nice if a number could be set > >aside so the tools being developped to use that stuff don't > >all need to be updated when things are eventually released. > > > >Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt > >--- > > > >I wonder if I'll get hanged for that one :-) > > Is it a powerpc-specific syscall? If so... ew? Yes :-) Ben.