From: Russell King <rmk@tallyho.bc.nu>
To: lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk (Jamie Lokier)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: ARM port missing pivot_root syscall
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 101 14:58:23 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200104021358.OAA18003@tallyho.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010402141918.A17334@pcep-jamie.cern.ch> from "Jamie Lokier" at Apr 2, 1 02:19:18 pm
_Please_ don't reply to this address - just substitute 'rmk@arm.linux.org.uk'
or 'linux@arm.linux.org.uk' please.
> A few months ago a colleague was frustrated to find pivot_root missing
> from the ARM port. Semi-standard C programs that use this call would
> not compile for the ARM. Perhaps you ARM folks would like to add it?
The missing system calls got added in the latest kernel.
> On this general theme, there are other constants, whose names are not
> arch-specific but whose _values_ are arch-specific. E.g. look in
> <asm/fcntl.h>. In most cases, some of the values are required for
> historical compatibility, sometimes with other operating systems.
I don't see any missing constants in fcntl.h, compared with x86. Which
kernel version are you using?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-04-02 13:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-02 12:19 Jamie Lokier
2001-04-02 13:58 ` Russell King [this message]
2001-04-02 14:43 ` Jamie Lokier
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