From owner-cvs-all Thu Dec 19 12:18:29 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68D0F37B401; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:18:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from kayak.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.bayarea.net [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 292F643ED1; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:18:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.201]) by kayak.xcllnt.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBJKILrT088005; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:18:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@kayak.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBJKJ9YR000744; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:19:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBJKJ7DH000743; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:19:07 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:19:07 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Ruslan Ermilov Cc: Bruce Evans , Garrett Wollman , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/sys _exit.2 accept.2 access.2 acct.2 adjtime.2 aio_cancel.2 aio_error.2 aio_read.2 aio_return.2 aio_suspend.2 aio_waitcomplete.2 aio_write.2 bind.2 brk.2 chdir Message-ID: <20021219201907.GA683@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <200212181654.gBIGswYP062315@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20021219132023.A28577-100000@gamplex.bde.org> <20021219095247.GA79372@sunbay.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021219095247.GA79372@sunbay.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Garrett Wollman wrote: > > > > > < said: > > > > > > > Stop calling system calls "function calls". > > > > > > The purpose of my fixes was to unify the way we refer to syscalls. I agree with Ruslan. We should document our kernel interfaces. This includes system calls. I don't see any advantage to call system calls something else. It is perfectly logical that any of the standards bodies avoid using the term "system call" as that would restrict implementation freedom. But we're not describing a standard, we're describing an implementation. I think it would be a mistake to obfuscate the fact that certain calls are system calls. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message