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Re: gloss patch for argc/argv retrieval

From: Ben Elliston <bje at redhat dot com>
To: sid at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:02:17 +1100 (EST)
Subject: Re: gloss patch for argc/argv retrieval
References: <15440.53066.47081.565065@scooby.brisbane.redhat.com>

>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com> writes:

  Ben> It is currently possible for a SID configuration to set the gloss
  Ben> "command-line" attribute for process emulation.  However I noted that
  Ben> the gloss component doesn't do much with it -- except store it.

  Ben> The following patch adds a number of new syscalls to enable software
  Ben> running on target CPUs to request the argc and argv variables passed
  Ben> in from the outside world.  I'd be grateful of some feedback
  Ben> (especially with respect to the choice of the enumerator values for
  Ben> the syscall enum).  Comments?

Does anyone have any violent objections with this change?  If not, I
will commit it tomorrow morning.

Ben

References:
- gloss patch for argc/argv retrieval
  - From: Ben Elliston

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