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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: John Williams <jwilliams@itee.uq.edu.au>
Subject: Re: microblaze syscall list
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On Monday 28 April 2008, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> How about this strategy then:
> * Change all the data types and syscall numbers in the -for-2.6.27
> branch to only include the minimal set, and a modern ABI
> * Add the old interfaces as an out-of-tree patch that adds source
> level compatibility with the old libc, but does not modify any
> of the new interfaces, so that a patched kernel can run all binaries
> built for the upstream version.
> * phase out the old source interface gradually, as all users update
> their libc source code.

Any news on this from the microblaze people? Have you made up your mind
on what route you want to go?

	Arnd <><