[PATCH] update error codes and signal numbers for hppa/parisc architecture

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Wed Nov 12 02:40:18 UTC 2014


On 11 Nov 2014 18:50, John David Anglin wrote:
> On 11-Nov-14, at 6:36 PM, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> > I wonder how do you merge ABI breaking changes into the kernel,  
> > though.
> 
> Helge is a parisc kernel maintainer.
> 
> The issue was discussed on the parisc-linux list and it was determined  
> that this
> signal rearrangement was the best way to provide the number of  
> realtime signals
> needed by systemd.  The change was accepted by Linus with a positive  
> comment.

which is to say, the expectation is that all userland will be recompiled, 
although the # of packages these changes impact in practical terms is fairly 
low.  taking the pain now was deemed better than the long term burden.
-mike
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