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 0A384DDE11 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:08:31 +1000 (EST) Subject: RE: Regarding select() on PPC From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: "Sadashiiv, Halesh" In-Reply-To: <7B7EF7F090B9804A830ACC82F2CDE95D56E206@insardxms01.ap.sony.com> References: <7B7EF7F090B9804A830ACC82F2CDE95D56E206@insardxms01.ap.sony.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:07:33 +1000 Message-Id: <1222160853.12085.136.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: Arnd Bergmann , linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Reply-To: benh@kernel.crashing.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 12:46 +0530, Sadashiiv, Halesh wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt [mailto:benh@kernel.crashing.org] > >Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:00 PM > >To: Arnd Bergmann > >Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org; Sadashiiv, Halesh > >Subject: Re: Regarding select() on PPC > > > >On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 08:01 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > >> No, sorry, I don't have a git history that I can search for that. > >> I have a strong guess that it would be the end of the last century > >> though, probably before 2.3.48, since the comment in there already > >> refers to legacy binaries. > > > >Yeah, I'm keen to rip it out. > > Means argument checking in ppc_select() can be removed?? > Than shall I post patch to linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org ppc_select can probably be removed alltogether and ppc32_select too Ben.