Re: getxpid, getxuid, getxgid

On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 10:56:34PM -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 07:37:18AM +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> > I would like to know why alpha seems to be the only
> > arch which has assembler code for some syscalls
> > (like the sys_getx* calls)
> 
> Compatibility with OSF/1.

hmm, and OSF/1 requires them to be written in assembler?

best,
Herbert

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