[parisc-linux] Recent changes

Matthew Wilcox Matthew.Wilcox@genedata.com
Sun, 7 Nov 1999 12:53:14 +0100


On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 07:20:23PM +0100, Philipp Rumpf wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 11:14:33PM -0500, Alex deVries wrote:
> > ld: Unsatisfied symbols:
> >    hpux_brk (code)
> 
> Why did the definition of hpux_brk (in kernel/sys_hpux.c) ever vanish ?  Some
> time ago, it looked like this:
> 
> unsigned long sys_brk(unsigned long addr);
> 
> unsigned long hpux_brk(unsigned long addr)
> {
>         /* Sigh.  Looks like HP/UX libc relies on kernel bugs. */
>         return sys_brk(addr + PAGE_SIZE);
> }

It looks like I'm accidentally responsible for deleting that.  Maybe this
explains why grant found that `alias' wasn't working well in sash.  I've
just committed this function back.

-- 
Matthew Wilcox <willy@bofh.ai>
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