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From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
To: Linux Kernel ML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: getxpid, getxuid, getxgid
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:22:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050617152225.GA28199@MAIL.13thfloor.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050617055634.GA24692@twiddle.net>

On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 10:56:34PM -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 07:37:18AM +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> > I would like to know why alpha seems to be the only
> > arch which has assembler code for some syscalls
> > (like the sys_getx* calls)
> 
> Compatibility with OSF/1.

hmm, and OSF/1 requires them to be written in assembler?

best,
Herbert

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      reply	other threads:[~2005-06-17 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-17  5:37 Herbert Poetzl
2005-06-17  5:56 ` Richard Henderson
2005-06-17 15:22   ` Herbert Poetzl [this message]

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