Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 16:57:20 +0100 From: "Robert Swindells" <rjs@genrad.co.uk> To: <hackers@freebsd.org> Cc: "Borja Marcos" <borjam@we.lc.ehu.es> Subject: Re: Linux clone() system call Message-ID: <199706041801.LAA14806@hub.freebsd.org>
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Borja Marcos <borjam@we.lc.ehu.es> wrote: > Anyone knows what is the clone() system call in Lunux? > It seems not to be supported by the Linux emulator. I tried running > the Linux version of Inferno and it died with something like > "clone(): unimplemented system call". It creates kernel threads. Since we don't have kernel threads yet, it can't be emulated. I modified the linux emulator on my system to print out the arguments to this system call just to check if Inferno was really trying to create a new thread or if the call could be emulated by fork(). > I did a "man clone" in a Linux box and it gave me > the "undocumented calls" man page. > It is described in the Linux html documentation. ---------------------------------- Robert Swindells - GenRad Ltd. rjs@genrad.co.uk - Work rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk - Home
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