Re: 64-bit shm: abi problems

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 14:12:56 -0800 (PST)

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On 13 Dec 1999, Christoph Rohland wrote:
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> On many platforms you probably do not need a new syscall. They use the
> sys_ipc demultiplexer and you can simply add a new sys_ipc command.

I'd rather get rid of the demultiplexer than make it more complex..

Linus

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