Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 May 2006 10:28:13 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] POSIX-hostname up to 255 characters |
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On Fri, 26 May 2006, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-05-26 03:14:06 -0600, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote: > > "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> writes: > > > This patch is against 2.6.17-rc5, for review/comments, please. > > > It won't apply to -mm since Andrew has merged the uts-namespace patches. > > > I'll see about merging it with those patches next. > > > --- > > > > > > From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> > > > > > > Implement POSIX-defined length for 'hostname' so that hostnames > > > can be longer than 64 characters (max. 255 characters plus > > > terminating NULL character). > > > > > > Adds sys_gethostname_long() and sys_sethostname_long(). > > > Tested on i386 and x86_64. > > > > Is there any particular reason for this? > > The existing sys_gethostname and sys_sethostname interfaces > > should work for any string length. > > > > Although I do agree that we need at least one new syscall > > for the architectures that don't currently use get_hostname. > > ...and this should have gone to linux-arch, too...
so how does someone know: (a) that this should have gone to linux-arch (b) that linux-arch exists (c) what it's full email address it?
I.e., where is all of this explained?
Thanks. -- ~Randy
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