linux-kernel - Re: X32 project status update

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Date:	Sat, 21 May 2011 08:34:59 -0700
From:	"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	GCC Development <gcc@....gnu.org>,
	GNU C Library <libc-alpha@...rceware.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x32-abi@...glegroups.com,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <h.peter.anvin@...el.com>
Subject: Re: X32 project status update

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Saturday 21 May 2011 17:01:33 H.J. Lu wrote:
>> This is the x32 project status update:
>>
>> https://sites.google.com/site/x32abi/
>>
>
> I've had another look at the kernel patch. It basically
> looks all good, but the system call table appears to
> diverge from the x86_64 list for no (documented) reason,
> in the calls above 302. Is that intentional?
>
> I can see why you might want to keep the numbers identical,
> but if they are already different, why not use the generic
> system call table from asm-generic/unistd.h for the new
> ABI?

We can sort it out when we start merging x32 kernel changes.


-- 
H.J.
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