Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 17:11:37 -0500 (EST) From: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is HIDE_POSIX & HIDE_BSD? Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0201301709420.7338-100000@onyx> In-Reply-To: <20020130111231.B4374@straylight.oblivion.bg>
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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 majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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