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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Complain about missing system calls.
    On Fri, 2007-03-09 20:00:51 +0100, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
    > > Not everybody has a simple indexed list of pointers :) For example,
    > > for vax-linux, we use a struct per syscall with the expected number of
    > > on-stack longwords for the call.
    > >
    > > So if something "new" is coming up, please keep in mind that it should
    > > be flexible enough to represent that. :)
    >
    > Are there plans to merge vax any time soon to mainline?

    Well... That depends :) For now, I'd prefer to stay out of mainline,
    until we're having gcc-trunk with a current GNU libc up'n'running.
    Until then, I plan to at least break the complete ABI once (drop old
    syscals and _only_ wire up their modern counterparts.)

    > Normally we don't care very much about out of tree code, especially
    > if it adds complexity like this.

    Sure, but at least mentioning that there's more than only a simple
    table of function pointers may or may not help to *plan* the code to
    fit future needs.

    > But I suspect s390 would need number of arguments anyways.

    Any they're already merged. Yay :)

    MfG, JBG

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