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SubjectRe: Suggestion: LKM should be able to add system call for itself
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Jinkai Gao <mickeygjk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why the number of system calls is growing? because the kernel is
> growing. why we don't use the alternatives to implement the new need
> for system calls? Because it doesn't make any sense. We can't ignore
> the kernel modules' need for system calls just because they are
> loadable.

Arjan and Jan have already explained in detail why adding system calls
dynamically is troublesome.

Bart.


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