Messages in this thread | | | From | (Matthias Urlichs) | Subject | Re: MOSIX and kernel mods. | Date | 16 Mar 1999 15:53:53 +0100 |
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Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au> writes: > > Now, if DIPC/MOSIX requires a kernel module and perhaps some system > calls, I don't mind if they are allocated some slots in the syscall > table (just like we did for STREAMS). But anything else should stay > out of the kernel.
I doubt Linus would allocate a system call for binary-only code.
Anyway the issuse is moot, because everything you can do with a systall(MOSIX_SPECIAL) you can do equally well with an open("/dev/mosix") and ioctl().
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