Re: [PATCH 2.6.9-rc1-mm3] [m32r] Modify sys_ipc() to remove useless iBCS2 support code

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 02:02:09PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Hirokazu Takata <takata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The useless iBCS2 supporting code is removed.
> 
> I didn't really understand what Christoph was saying about this one, so
> I'll apply it for now.

iBCS2 is a standard for binary compatiblity on x86.  The x86 SysV IPC code
has hacks in there so it could be used by applications for x86 SVR3/4 system
under binary emulation aswell.  This is obviously useless for any non-x86
port, but lots of people blindly copied it.

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