Re: about __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME

[Eric W. Biederman]

"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi,
>
> What was/is the purpose of __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME?
> and why do a few arches not #define it?
>
> If it is not #defined, should those arches supply their own
> sys_gethostname() function?
>
> 21 arches #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME.
> A few don't:  frv, ia64, & xtensa.
> But all arches (except for um) #define __NR_gethostname.
>
> Is __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME just crufty and doesn't matter
> any more?

I know you can implement it by simply calling uname.
Beyond that I am puzzled.

Eric
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