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> Not everybody has a simple indexed list of pointers :)  For example,
> for vax-linux, we use a struct per syscall with the expected number of
> on-stack longwords for the call.
> 
> So if something "new" is coming up, please keep in mind that it should
> be flexible enough to represent that. :)

Are there plans to merge vax any time soon to mainline? 

Normally we don't care very much about out of tree code, especially
if it adds complexity like this.

But I suspect s390 would need number of arguments anyways.

-Andi