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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 14:48:51 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86-64, vsyscalls: Rename UNSAFE_VSYSCALLS to
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> > [...] does that mean that you guys would accept a patch that 
> > would map the vdso at a fixed address for old times's sake? if 
> > not, on what grounds would you refuse it? see, you can't have it 
> > both ways.
> 
> You can actually do that by enabling CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO=y.

(on 32-bit x86)

Thanks,

	Ingo