From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.lixom.net (lixom.net [66.141.50.11]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35954DE0D6 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 07:22:51 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:30:44 -0500 From: Olof Johansson To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Reserve syscall number 319 Message-ID: <20080902213044.GA11416@lixom.net> References: <20080902054941.77DA3DDDF0@ozlabs.org> <20080902180605.GA8240@lixom.net> <1220389575.13010.149.camel@pasglop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1220389575.13010.149.camel@pasglop> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 07:06:15AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > 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 :-) Lame excuse. Merge the code. -Olof