Re: MOSIX and kernel mods.

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 17:53:51 -0500


In message <XFMail.990316102007.jeremy@goop.org>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge writes:
+-----
| On 16-Mar-99 Matthias Urlichs wrote:
| >> Now, if DIPC/MOSIX requires a kernel module and perhaps some system
| >> calls, I don't mind if they are allocated some slots in the syscall
| >> table (just like we did for STREAMS). But anything else should stay
| >> out of the kernel.
| >
| > I doubt Linus would allocate a system call for binary-only code.
|
| ...except AFS.
+--->8

But Arla (naturally) uses the same syscall, and is not binary-only.

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