Re: ARM port missing pivot_root syscall

Russell King (rmk@tallyho.bc.nu)
Mon, 2 Apr 101 14:58:23 +0100 (BST)


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> A few months ago a colleague was frustrated to find pivot_root missing
> from the ARM port. Semi-standard C programs that use this call would
> not compile for the ARM. Perhaps you ARM folks would like to add it?

The missing system calls got added in the latest kernel.

> On this general theme, there are other constants, whose names are not
> arch-specific but whose _values_ are arch-specific. E.g. look in
> <asm/fcntl.h>. In most cases, some of the values are required for
> historical compatibility, sometimes with other operating systems.

I don't see any missing constants in fcntl.h, compared with x86. Which
kernel version are you using?

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