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DateWed, 18 Jan 2006 22:07:31 -0800
FromUlrich Drepper <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] prototypes for *at functions & typo fix
Nicholas Miell wrote:
> AMD64 renumbered all the syscalls for optimal cacheline usage or
> something stupid like that. I suppose the x86 emulation on AMD64 kernels
> could share the i386 table, but then _NR_foo will have a different value
> depending on context, and that'll just get confusing.

Yes, the syscall numbers are quite different, especially because x86 has
all syscalls, even the obsolete ones.

But what I mean is that the __NR_ia32_* macros in
asm-x86-64/ia32_unistd.h aren't used anywhere in the kernel.  And in
userland the asm-x86/unistd.h file is used when compiling x86 apps.  At
least this is how the kernel headers for userlevel use should be set up.

-- 
➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖

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