linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Complain about missing system calls.

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Message-ID: <20070309190051.GA20521@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Fri, 9 Mar 2007 20:00:51 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	rmk@....linux.org.uk, sam@...nborg.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Complain about missing system calls.

> Not everybody has a simple indexed list of pointers :)  For example,
> for vax-linux, we use a struct per syscall with the expected number of
> on-stack longwords for the call.
> 
> So if something "new" is coming up, please keep in mind that it should
> be flexible enough to represent that. :)

Are there plans to merge vax any time soon to mainline? 

Normally we don't care very much about out of tree code, especially
if it adds complexity like this.

But I suspect s390 would need number of arguments anyways.

-Andi
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