Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: about __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:53:26 -0700 |
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"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> writes:
> Hi, > > What was/is the purpose of __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME? > and why do a few arches not #define it? > > If it is not #defined, should those arches supply their own > sys_gethostname() function? > > 21 arches #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME. > A few don't: frv, ia64, & xtensa. > But all arches (except for um) #define __NR_gethostname. > > Is __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME just crufty and doesn't matter > any more?
I know you can implement it by simply calling uname. Beyond that I am puzzled.
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