> > > calling sys_function() functions directly doesn't look right:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > They're usually static, for a start.
> >
> > What you probably want to do is jump directly to the appropriate vector as
> > stored in the syscall_table, without going through the int 0x80 vector to do so.
>
> For the generic case (ie including non PC) Im not actually sure you can assume
> a syscall can make a syscall.
do you mean the above 'calling sys_*() function directly' case, or the
_syscallX() case?
-- mingo
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