Re: _syscall2 in PIC code on ix86

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Date: Mon Jan 17 2000 - 23:50:54 EST


Followup to: <3050.948070737@ocs3.ocs-net>
By author: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Please do not change the kernel to add _syscall_pic code, it is
> unnecessary bloat. It is a userspace problem which needs a userspace
> solution. I have these working defines for syscall_pic, but they
> should not go in the kernel.
>

I don't really think that's the case; it's a kernel interface issue,
and since it's just a bunch of macros it doesn't add any bloat to the
kernel proper.

       -hpa

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