RE: [PATCH] compatibility syscall layer (lets try again)

David Mosberger (davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com)
Mon, 9 Dec 2002 10:46:15 -0800

>>>>> On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 09:35:59 -0800 (PST), Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> said:

Linus> And apparently ia64 is again being a singularly awkward
Linus> architecture.

I don't want to interfere with your ability to take potshots ;-), but
just to avoid confusion: passing syscall arguments in registers is NOT
an architectural requirement, it just makes good sense.

--david
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