Re: make AT_SYSINFO platform-independent

[Christoph Hellwig <hch _at_ xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 10:52:46AM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> > I think it should be updated.  There is no released glibc or stable kernel
> > with that number yet.
> 
> Actually, we've included the support already in some published code.  If
> you want to complain to somebody about this, do it to the person who is
> responsible for distributing this code.  His email address is
> 
>    torvalds _at_ transmeta.com
> 
> Make sure you react with the same nastiness as if I would have made the
> decision, OK?

-EWHATSUP

Who is we?  And why should I care who selected that number.  There is no
glibc release yet and no stable kernel release yet with that number.
Interfaces change during 2.5 (see the sys_security and largepage syscall
removal) and that's okay.  There was no nastiness involved in my
suggestion.

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