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Re: X32 project status update
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb dot de>
- Cc: GCC Development <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, LKML <linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org>, x32-abi at googlegroups dot com, "H. Peter Anvin" <h dot peter dot anvin at intel dot com>
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 08:34:59 -0700
- Subject: Re: X32 project status update
- References: <BANLkTinM_=bAjD59=GiKtTvjLtoOs7KCFA@mail.gmail.com><201105211727.35985.arnd@arndb.de>
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Saturday 21 May 2011 17:01:33 H.J. Lu wrote:
>> This is the x32 project status update:
>>
>> https://sites.google.com/site/x32abi/
>>
>
> I've had another look at the kernel patch. It basically
> looks all good, but the system call table appears to
> diverge from the x86_64 list for no (documented) reason,
> in the calls above 302. Is that intentional?
>
> I can see why you might want to keep the numbers identical,
> but if they are already different, why not use the generic
> system call table from asm-generic/unistd.h for the new
> ABI?
We can sort it out when we start merging x32 kernel changes.
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H.J.