Re: Wherefore 'socketcall'?

Jes Sorensen (Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch)
19 Dec 1999 10:52:25 +0100


>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Coleman <mkc@kc.net> writes:

Mike> Does anyone know why the system calls having to do with sockets
Mike> were multiplexed together into 'socketcall'? This seems kind of
Mike> noxious.

Historical reasons, Linux on modern architectures don't use that
scheme.

Jes

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