On Nov 20, 2007, at 9:08 PM, Paul Mackerras wrote: > This implements sys_indirect for 32-bit and 64-bit powerpc machines, > including a 32-bit compatibility implementation for 64-bit powerpc. > I decided to use assembly language for call_syscall because on 64-bit > powerpc the system call table has the addresses of the function text > rather than pointers to function descriptors; hence the system call > functions can't be called from C via the system call table.
Admit it you were bored and wanted to write some PPC asm ;) - k _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev