| To: | Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@googlemail.com> |
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| Subject: | Re: siginfo difference MIPS and other arches |
| From: | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> |
| Date: | Fri, 8 Oct 2010 16:58:23 +0100 |
| Cc: | Linux-MIPS <linux-mips@linux-mips.org> |
| In-reply-to: | <AANLkTimYGDoRovYgbReeBihD2nfYFHE_CmwJjv2_=s7v@mail.gmail.com> |
| Original-recipient: | rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org |
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On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 05:55:01PM +0200, Manuel Lauss wrote: > >> current -git build breaks because of upstream commit > >> a337fdac7a5622d1e6547f4b476c14dfe5a2c892, which introduced > >> an unconditional check for siginfo_._sifields._sifault._si_addr_lsb field. > >> > >> Is there a reason why MIPS doesn't use the default siginfo_t structure > >> as other architectures do? > > > > History - the MIPS structure is identical to IRIX. > > Does anyone still run IRIX binaries on current linux? > (and Isn't IRIX dead anyway? :) ) Doesn't matter - you can't change the definition without breaking binary compatibility. Ralf |
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