From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261989AbVFQPW3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:22:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261993AbVFQPW3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:22:29 -0400 Received: from MAIL.13thfloor.at ([212.16.62.50]:29077 "EHLO mail.13thfloor.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261989AbVFQPW0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:22:26 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:22:25 +0200 From: Herbert Poetzl To: Linux Kernel ML Subject: Re: getxpid, getxuid, getxgid Message-ID: <20050617152225.GA28199@MAIL.13thfloor.at> Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel ML References: <20050617053718.GA16080@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <20050617055634.GA24692@twiddle.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050617055634.GA24692@twiddle.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 > > > r~ > - > 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/