Re: ioctl32 consolidation

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Thu, 20 Feb 2003 17:44:33 -0500


On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:31:19PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Currently, 32-bit emulation in kernel has *5* copies, and its >1000
> lines each.

Yes :/ Consolidating all these copies into a single layer has been a
"project to be" for quite some time.

I do not know if it is too late in 2.5.x to begin this work, however.
We _are_ in a feature freeze... I suppose it is up to the consensus of
arch maintainers, because it [obviously] does not affect ia32.

Jeff

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