[parisc-linux] warning: minor abi change

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:03:40PM +0200, Joel Soete wrote:
> Hi Willy,
> 
> >
> > 2.4.21 allocates sysctl number 56 to something else, so i had to renumber
> > the hppa sysctls to 57 and 58.
> >
> Sorry for my ignorance but how much those number are important (as afaik
> they are named by #define)?

they're irrelevant if you use them via /proc/sys to access the feature.
they're really important if you use them via sysctl(3).

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