On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 04:13:34PM -0300, Agustina Arzille wrote: > I named it differently because I feel "futex" doesn't really convey what it > does, but I agree that consistency with standards (even de facto ones) is > a good idea.
I agree, Linux sucks at names and they even acknowledge it. As long as we can build a simple wrapper in userspace, it's fine. > On the other hand, I would prefer it if we made some changes to the > interface > as implemented in the Linux kernel. Linux has a single, monolithic syscall > that multiplexes according to an "operation" parameter. For gnumach, I think > having separate RPC's is the better way. Again, I agree, RPCs are operations. And again, if a simple wrapper can be built on top, it's all fine. -- Richard Braun
