I can't guess what does it mean by "hiding". Maybe any system call can be hidden from some configuration of the kernel.
-Zhihui On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 03:58:16PM -0500, Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > > > While adding a system call, I notice in file syscall-hide.h there are > > many instances of HIDE_POSIX() and HIDE_BSD(). What is the purpose of > > these macros? Maybe they are now obsolete? > > The syscalls-hide.h file was generated from sys/kern/makesyscalls.sh > from the third field of sys/kern/syscalls.master - POSIX, BSD or NOHIDE. > However, three months ago Poul Henning-Kamp removed the syscalls-hide.h > file and the relevant parts of makesyscalls.sh. I think that this may > be scheduled for MFC'ing some time in the future, but you might have > to ask phk for specifics. > > Also, I would also like to know what was the original purpose of > the POSIX/BSD/NOHIDE distinction. BTW, should that field be removed > from syscalls.master, too? > > G'luck, > Peter > > -- > If wishes were fishes, the antecedent of this conditional would be true. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
