Re: errno assignment in _syscall macros and glibc

[Alan Cox]

> Andreas - I think the syscall interface should finally officially be
> declared a private interface between libc and the kernel, that is nobody
> except these two should use it.  Many of the other attempts to use it
> have been quite problematic - portabilitywise and worse.

Don't make it too private. glibc is still worryingly large for some embedded
applications. Between a libc and the kernel yes, between glibc and the kernel
no.

Alan