Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 21:42:55 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Suboptimal mmap of devices on i86 Message-ID: <20010202214255.A396@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010202111615.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:16:15AM -0800 References: <20010202122754.F328@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <XFMail.010202111615.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 11:16:15AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 02-Feb-01 Peter Pentchev wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:19:24PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > >> > >> On 01-Feb-01 Doug White wrote: > >> > On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, John Baldwin wrote: > >> > > >> >> Then only rename it in 4.x We can do an API change for 5.0. We'll be > >> >> renaming syscall2() back to syscall() in 5.0 for example. We don't > >> >> want to end up with syscall47() someday in FreeBSD 67.2. :-P > >> > > >> > And what happens to apps using the previous syscall(2) interface? They > >> > die horribly? That's not acceptable. > >> > >> Huh? syscall2() is an internal kernel function. The only thing that might [snip] > > > > NAME > > syscall, __syscall - indirect system call > > > > ..as used in src/lib/libc/sys/*.c. > > I'm not renaming that function. I'm renaming syscall2() in > sys/i386/i386/trap.c, which is an internal function only used > by the kernel for the kernel side of syscall entry. *Oof*. Yeah, that's a heavy cluebat, but I did deserve the smack. Of course I knew there was a syscall() -> syscall2() transition in the kernel, and I knew that the userland syscall() function had absolutely nothing to do with that. And then, of course, I had to demonstrate lack of basic reading skills. Sorry. G'luck, Peter -- This would easier understand fewer had omitted. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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