Re: `new' syscalls for m68k

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Thu Sep 16 2004 - 03:25:12 EST


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()
- 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

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