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Date:	28 Aug 2006 09:35:17 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
	Bjoern Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Chase Venters <chase.venters@...entec.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] remove all remaining _syscallX macros

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> writes:

> The _syscallX macros were originally used by libc implementations,
> but now there is no libc that can be built against an up-to-date
> kernel an relies on them.
> The only users of these macros are the __KERNEL_SYSCALLS_, which
> are now gone as well, after execve has been removed from the
> kernel.

I would prefer to keep them on i386/x86-64 at least because
a lot of my test programs are using them.

-Andi
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