On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 10:50:27AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Linus, Andrew, > > > > > > The attached patch adds syscalls for almost all archs (everything barring > > > m68knommu which is in a real mess, and i386 which already has it). > > > > > > It also adds 32->64 compatibility where appropriate. > > > > Umm, that patch added the damn multiplexer that had been vetoed multiple > > times. Why did this happen? > > Fifteen new syscalls was judged excessive and the keyfs interface was > judged slow and bloaty.
Maybe 15 syscalls just means the API is goddamn awfull and we certainly shouldn't merge it as-is. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
