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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>,
	mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86-64: re-use kernel/syscall_table_32.S in ia32/ia32entry.S
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:35:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201104281435.33344.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DB847BF.1060307@zytor.com>

On Wednesday 27 April 2011, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 04/27/2011 09:40 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes, that's certainly an alternative.
> > 
> > How about following the same style as asm-generic/unistd.h? It's
> > originally derived from the x86 version, but has added support for
> > compat syscalls for the tile architecture.
> > 
> 
> Yep, something like that (although I have to say the __SC_3264 syntax
> makes me want to barf.)

If you have a suggestion for a better syntax, I'd hope we can do
that in asm-generic as well. My goal is to have those files set
an example of how to best write architecture specific versions if
they have to be different.

	Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-28 12:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-27 15:33 [PATCH] x86-64: re-use kernel/syscall_table_32.S in ia32/ia32entry.S Jan Beulich
2011-04-27 15:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-27 16:02   ` Jan Beulich
2011-04-27 16:40     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-27 16:43       ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-28 12:35         ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2011-04-28 18:17           ` H. Peter Anvin

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