linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] m68k: Rename system call table file name

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Date:   Sat, 22 Sep 2018 17:06:59 +0530
From:   Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@...aro.org>
To:     phdm@...q.eu
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        y2038 Mailman List <y2038@...ts.linaro.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>,
        Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin.juszkiewicz@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] m68k: Rename system call table file name

Hi Phillippe,

On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 at 11:18, Philippe De Muyter <phdm@...q.eu> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 08:36:09PM +0530, Firoz Khan wrote:
> > The system call table entries are present in syscalltable.S. One of
> > the patch in this patch series will auto-generate the system call
> > table entries using the system call table generation script and
> > which'll replace the existig table file.
> >
> > In order to come up with a common naming convention across all
> > architecture, we need to change the file name to syscall_table.S.
>
> That file was probably called that way to be able to distinguish it
> from syscalltable.s and syscalltable.o in a file system with a 14
> characters limit in file names (in sysV unix systems).
>
> > This change will unify the implementation across all architecture.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@...aro.org>
> > ---
> >  arch/m68k/kernel/Makefile        |   2 +-
> >  arch/m68k/kernel/syscall_table.S | 403 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  arch/m68k/kernel/syscalltable.S  | 403 ---------------------------------------
>
> You should generate your patch with the '-M' or '--find-renames' option.

Sure. Thanks!
Firoz

>
> Philippe
>
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