linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Introduce __ARCH_WANT_SYS

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Message-Id: <200804221738.19635.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:38:19 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>
Cc:	Will Newton <will.newton@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Introduce __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SYSFS

On Tuesday 22 April 2008, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> 
> This should (imnsho, at least),
>         1 - Add a cond_syscall for sys_sysfs to sys_ni.c
>         2 - Use a CONFIG_EMBEDDED dependent option that defaults on,
>             possibly depend on BLACKFIN if you really want to.
> 
> Adding this junk to every arch header is, in my opinion, completely
> unacceptable just because blackfin wants to be different.

It's not that they want to be different, but rather that I (among others)
requested that they don't implement obsolete syscalls, so they removed it
from their syscall table.

	Arnd <><
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