Re: [patch] Assigning syscall numbers for testing

From: Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Date: Sun Dec 23 2001 - 20:01:12 EST


On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:06:04 -0500,
Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com> wrote:
>On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 04:10:21PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
>> I'm glad somebody understands the code :).
>
>There are two directions of binary compatibility: forwads and backwards.
>Your patch breaks forwards compatibility if used outside the main tree. Try
>to understand this.

Too vague, give me an example with real code and effects.

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