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 8F0EADE037 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 07:06:22 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Reserve syscall number 319 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Olof Johansson In-Reply-To: <20080902180605.GA8240@lixom.net> References: <20080902054941.77DA3DDDF0@ozlabs.org> <20080902180605.GA8240@lixom.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:06:15 +1000 Message-Id: <1220389575.13010.149.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 13:06 -0500, Olof Johansson 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 :-) > > Yes. Merge your code or live with the pain of things changing > underneath. Period. Pain isn't for me :-) It's for those writing userspace stuff based on my kernel changing all the time :-) Ben.