This is the mail archive of the
libc-alpha@sourceware.org
mailing list for the glibc project.
Re: [PATCH] <bits/syscall.h>: Use an arch-independent system call list on Linux
On Apr 06 2017, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
> I think the argument was that __NR_* should come from the kernel, and
> SYS_* should come from glibc, and that the kernel has no business defining
> SYS_* macros, purely based on namespace concerns.
I don't know why you are talking about SYS_. All that the kernel
defines are __NR_. The SYS_ defines are pure glibc stuff.
> Not sure if we are talking about the same thing. Our kernel-headers
> package comes from the kernel sources, 3.10 era.
Consider splitting it out, they are really independent. Then you can
update the kernel headers without touching the kernel.
Andreas.
--
Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, schwab@suse.de
GPG Key fingerprint = 0196 BAD8 1CE9 1970 F4BE 1748 E4D4 88E3 0EEA B9D7
"And now for something completely different."