From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752562AbZKHXe7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:34:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751514AbZKHXe6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:34:58 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:37480 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751501AbZKHXe6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:34:58 -0500 Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:34:44 +0000 From: Russell King To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Leo Chen Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/23] sysctl arm: Remove binary sysctl support Message-ID: <20091108233444.GC31433@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1257682930-31401-22-git-send-email-ebiederm@xmission.com> <20091108123422.GA9145@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20091108225652.GB31433@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 03:31:23PM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > There is not a user visible ABI change. Just a massive implementation change. > The only user visible change is that CONFIG_SYS_SYSCALL now depends on > CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL. > > The implementation of sys_sysctl in binary_sysctl.c will now read > /proc/sys/bus/isa/portbase and using vfs_read convert the text string > to a binary integer and return it to glibc in the form sys_sysctl has > always used. Right, that information was missing from the original patch. No problem then. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: