From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 20:29:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 20:29:10 -0500 Received: from ppp0.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.3]:10246 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 20:29:06 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 From: Keith Owens To: "H. Peter Anvin" cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Where is it written? In-Reply-To: Your message of "10 Nov 2000 17:10:00 -0800." <8ui698$c2q$1@cesium.transmeta.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 12:28:54 +1100 Message-ID: <11198.973906134@ocs3.ocs-net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 10 Nov 2000 17:10:00 -0800, "H. Peter Anvin" wrote: >We can mess with the ABI, but it requires a wholescale rev of the >entire system. AFAICT, there is nothing stopping us from redoing the kernel ABI to pass the first few parameters between kernel functions in registers. As long as the syscall interface is unchanged, that ABI change will only break binary modules (care_factor == 0). The ABI type would need to be added to the symbol version prefix, trivial. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/