Re: [PATCH 6/7] remove all remaining _syscallX macros

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Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday 28 August 2006 16:05, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> > The patch below should address both these issues, as long as the libc
> > has a working implementation of syscall(2).

> I would prefer the _syscall() macros to stay independent of the 
> actual glibc version. Or what do you do otherwise on a system
> with old glibc? Upgrading glibc is normally a major PITA.

Could just this macro layer be explicitly BSD (or at least LGPL) licensed? 
If not, it looks like a SCOX-whining-over-errno.h thing in the making in
case somebody wants to build a non-GPL libc on top...
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