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Re: Intent to port to ia64



Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl> writes:

> Previously Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> > Is this supported by the inux Kernel, too? I mean are there 2 Syscall
> > interfaces, or do you have to laod a sepcial libc?
> 
> Same basic syscall interface, but different numbering. Linux ia32 syscalls
> start at 1, Linux ia64 starts at 1025. For really amusing syscall
> numbering see mips, which uses:

ARM starts at a pretty wierd number too, IIRC.

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