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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Pierre Muller <muller@ics.u-strasbg.fr>
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On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 09:27:08AM +0100, Pierre Muller wrote:
>   If my previous statement is wrong, you can skip
> what is following, otherwise my questions are:
> 1) Do all OS using syscalls use the same number to
> functionality correspondence?

No.

> 2) Do all OS follow the "linux" habit of never changing the
> syscall numbers in changing versions?

Yes, as far as I know.  This practice is much older than Linux.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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