From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268101AbUIPOwd (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:52:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268105AbUIPOwd (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:52:33 -0400 Received: from MAIL.13thfloor.at ([212.16.62.51]:54239 "EHLO mail.13thfloor.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268101AbUIPOw2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:52:28 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:52:27 +0200 From: Herbert Poetzl To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Linux/m68k , Debian GNU/Linux m68k , uClinux list , GNU Libc Maintainers , Linux Kernel Development Subject: Re: `new' syscalls for m68k Message-ID: <20040916145227.GB28893@MAIL.13thfloor.at> Mail-Followup-To: Geert Uytterhoeven , Linux/m68k , Debian GNU/Linux m68k , uClinux list , GNU Libc Maintainers , Linux Kernel Development References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 10:23:08AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > I'm updating the syscall table for m68k... > > > > Below is a patch that adds all syscalls that m68k is currently lacking > > (compared to ia32). However, I'm wondering whether we need all of them: > > - Are sys_sched_[gs]etaffinity() needed for non-SMP? > > - I disabled [sg]et_thread_area() since sys_[gs]et_thread_area() are > > missing. Do we have to implement them, or should we use some other > > method for Thread Local Storage? > > - What about sys_vserver()? > > - What about sys_kexec_load()? > > - Any others we can/should drop? > > My conclusion (so far). I will: > - drop sys_sched_[gs]etaffinity() (no SMP on m68k), and sys_kexec_load() > - reserve an entry for sys_vserver() thanks, Herbert > - add waitid() (2.6.9-rc2) > - rename p{read,write}64() to p{read,write} (cfr. m68knommu in 2.6.8.1-uc0) > > Which leaves us with [sg]et_thread_area(): what do the glibc hackers have in > mind for TLS on m68k? > > Thanks! > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert > > -- > Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org > > In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But > when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. > -- Linus Torvalds > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/