linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] m68k: Merge mmu and non-mmu versions of sys_call

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Message-ID: <m2ty70ghk9.fsf@linux-m68k.org>
Date:	Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:53:26 +0200
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	uClinux list <uclinux-dev@...inux.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] m68k: Merge mmu and non-mmu versions of sys_call_table

Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> writes:

> From 5739b340b334de21c6da4f65d5194957662a6dd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 20:33:02 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] m68k: unistd - Comment out definitions for unimplemented syscalls

This is not a good idea at least for the syscalls referenced by glibc.
It means that a glibc compiled against this <asm/unistd.h> will lose the
ability to call those syscalls even if the running kernel happens to
implement them.

Andreas.

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