Subject: Re: compat mmap behavior
To: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/28/2003 14:27:41
>I don't see any reason to keep the extra compat code.
>Would be good to g/c, IMO.

cool.

>> i can see why it might be done in svr4_32_sys_mmap(), maybe in
>> svr4_32_sys_mmap64(), and sunos32_sys_mmap().  they're designed to
>> operate in a mixed 32/64 bit environment, right?
>> 
>> the way that px_mmap_info() works is similar, but different in that it
>> calls on uvm_mmap() to do the work, so it needs to pick a reasonable
>> default itself, though i wonder if it couldn't be converted to use
>> sys_mmap() instead.

can anyone comment on these?  perhaps either assert that they need to
stay as they are, or tell me if they can be "converted" as well?

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