Re: [patch] Assigning syscall numbers for testing

From: Benjamin LaHaise (bcrl@redhat.com)
Date: Sun Dec 23 2001 - 12:06:04 EST

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On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 04:10:21PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> I'm glad somebody understands the code :).

There are two directions of binary compatibility: forwads and backwards.
Your patch breaks forwards compatibility if used outside the main tree. Try
to understand this.

-ben

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