>> > It seems noone noticed that CONFIG_UID16 was accidentially always
>> > disabled in the latest -mm kernels.
>> >
>> > Is there any reason against removing it completely?
>>
>> Maybe embedded systems.
>
>The comments in the code say it's for backwards compatibility:
>
>(from include/linux/highuid.h)
>
> *
> * CONFIG_UID16 is defined if the given architecture needs to
> * support backwards compatibility for old system calls.
> *
>
>This implies that removing it would break some applications, right?
So what are the most recent apps that still use them, and for what kernel
were they originally designed?
Jan Engelhardt
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