Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:44:49 -0800 | From | Teunis Peters <> | Subject | Re: Question: removal of syscall macros? |
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Ulrich Drepper wrote: > On 12/13/06, Teunis Peters <teunis@wintersgift.com> wrote: >> Now that syscall macros have been pulled from the -mm tree, what method >> is recommended to use syscalls? > > glibc forever had a syscall() function for just that purpose. It was > never a good idea to use the macros since they didn't work in PIC.
sorry - I should be a little more context specific.
for KERNEL modules that used the _syscallX macros - what mechanism should be used? I'm aware that the drivers I'm having a problem with (ATI, vmware) are closed source - but my own work machine's dependant on it and I'm not going to waste another 3 months to get a response from either company.
and since the macros were pulled... and I'm kind of stuck with bleeding edge until some of the other hardware I'm working with is supported... *frustrated sigh* At the moment my workaround is just to copy the macros from released kernel in. I don't like that solution - but it DOES work.
Unless someone can suggest a low-price but recent - and still sold - laptop model that works well with linux. (rhetorical - if anyone DOES answer, keep it off the list - thanks *g*) - - Teunis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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