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authorEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2001-06-27 19:22:27 +0000
committerEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2001-06-27 19:22:27 +0000
commit389c0e545e26507afd1a394904574ddd8b35cb79 (patch)
treea46e3dfe1daef30eee0c30b93399102412151851 /include
parentffe4a2ea175faf47b3d4c374dfaf4eeb039270f2 (diff)
Cleanup and don't require LIBC to be defined for the syscall numbers.
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/sys/syscall.h18
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/include/sys/syscall.h b/include/sys/syscall.h
index 1efdd8271..723a99ee0 100644
--- a/include/sys/syscall.h
+++ b/include/sys/syscall.h
@@ -19,18 +19,14 @@
#ifndef _SYSCALL_H
#define _SYSCALL_H 1
-/* This file includes the kernel's syscall list, and then includes our own
- * private copy of the _syscall macros. This is important, since on
- * some arches (such as i386), the kernel _syscall[0-5] macros don't
- * handle things like PIC code, so we can't use them. */
+/* This file provides us with our own private copy of the _syscall[0-5] macros.
+ * This is important, since on some arches (such as i386) the kernel's macros
+ * don't handle things like PIC code, so we can't use them. */
#include <bits/syscalls.h>
-#ifndef _LIBC
-/* The Linux kernel header file defines macros `__NR_<name>', but some
- programs expect the traditional form `SYS_<name>'. So in building libc
- we scan the kernel's list and produce <bits/syscall.h> with macros for
- all the `SYS_' names. */
-# include <bits/syscall.h>
-#endif
+/* This includes the `__NR_<name>' syscall numbers taken from the Linux kernel
+ * header files. It also defines the traditional `SYS_<name>' macros for older
+ * programs. */
+#include <bits/syscall.h>
#endif