Re: [patch] Assigning syscall numbers for testing

Keith Owens
2001-12-24T01:03:02Z

On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:06:04 -0500,
Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com> wrote:
>On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 04:10:21PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
>> I'm glad somebody understands the code :).
>
>There are two directions of binary compatibility: forwads and backwards.
>Your patch breaks forwards compatibility if used outside the main tree. Try
>to understand this.

Too vague, give me an example with real code and effects.