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SubjectRe: `new' syscalls for m68k
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 10:23:08AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > I'm updating the syscall table for m68k...
> >
> > Below is a patch that adds all syscalls that m68k is currently lacking
> > (compared to ia32). However, I'm wondering whether we need all of them:
> > - Are sys_sched_[gs]etaffinity() needed for non-SMP?
> > - I disabled [sg]et_thread_area() since sys_[gs]et_thread_area() are
> > missing. Do we have to implement them, or should we use some other
> > method for Thread Local Storage?
> > - What about sys_vserver()?
> > - What about sys_kexec_load()?
> > - Any others we can/should drop?
>
> My conclusion (so far). I will:
> - drop sys_sched_[gs]etaffinity() (no SMP on m68k), and sys_kexec_load()
> - reserve an entry for sys_vserver()

thanks,
Herbert

> - add waitid() (2.6.9-rc2)
> - rename p{read,write}64() to p{read,write} (cfr. m68knommu in 2.6.8.1-uc0)
>
> Which leaves us with [sg]et_thread_area(): what do the glibc hackers have in
> mind for TLS on m68k?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
>
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
> -- Linus Torvalds
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