Snort! I just said as much (ioctl vs syscall) on the afs list. I didn't
know any of the history of this. I just wrote:
-
I just talked to some people, who suggested that it was the loadable
syscalls that 'a group within sun' wasn't committed to. I recall the
certain linux folks also argue th
Ah. I didn't know that. Well, I think 65 could be changed easilly
enough.
Can we get an assigned number? This sounds like the way to go.
--Dean
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Tom Haynes wrote:
> Dean Anderson wrote:
> >
> >> - syscall number added to /etc/name_to_sysnum for OpenAFS:
>
Will do. Thanks.
--Dean
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Stephen Hahn wrote:
> * Dean Anderson [2007-04-11 06:17]:
> > > I'd like to get some patches submitted to opensolaris. How/who do I talk
> > > to for that?
> > >
> > > The things I'm working on are:
> > >
> > > - syscall number add
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Bonnie Corwin wrote:
> Hi Dean,
>
> Are there bug IDs for these? If not, please file bugs/RFEs via
> bugs.opensolaris.org.
I haven't, yet. I'll open bugs tonight if I can. I have a surgery
tomorrow morning---I'll either have a lot of time in the afternoon to
take care of t
Dean Anderson wrote:
>
>> - syscall number added to /etc/name_to_sysnum for OpenAFS:
>> afs 65
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --Dean
>>
Dean,
Besides the fact that 65 is part of a block of reserved syscall numbers,
it takes PSARC approval to make changes to it.
>
> Dean,
>
> Besides the fact that 65 is part of a block of reserved syscall numbers,
> it takes PSARC approval to make changes to it.
>
> Your sponsor will have to be aware of that as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
There is no reason to use loadable system calls for most of this
stuff at all: 99.
* Dean Anderson [2007-04-11 06:17]:
> > I'd like to get some patches submitted to opensolaris. How/who do I talk
> > to for that?
> >
> > The things I'm working on are:
> >
> > - syscall number added to /etc/name_to_sysnum for OpenAFS:
> > afs 65
> >
> > I'd like to get thi
Hi Dean,
Are there bug IDs for these? If not, please file bugs/RFEs via
bugs.opensolaris.org.
I will then put them on the request-sponsor table
(http://opensolaris.org/os/bug_reports/request_sponsor) as 'awaiting
sponsor'. And someone from this list will hopefully agree to sponsor
one or mo
I guess I need a sponsor:
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:16:41 -0700
From: Stephen Lau
To: Dean Anderson
Subject: Re: How to get some patches into opensolaris?
Hi Dean,
You should email request-sponsor at opensolaris.org and get a sponsor
to
help yo
