Re: MOSIX and kernel mods.

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@noris.de)
16 Mar 1999 15:53:53 +0100

Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au> writes:
>
> Now, if DIPC/MOSIX requires a kernel module and perhaps some system
> calls, I don't mind if they are allocated some slots in the syscall
> table (just like we did for STREAMS). But anything else should stay
> out of the kernel.

I doubt Linus would allocate a system call for binary-only code.

Anyway the issuse is moot, because everything you can do with a
systall(MOSIX_SPECIAL) you can do equally well with an open("/dev/mosix")
and ioctl().

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