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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/sys/syscall.h12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/sys/syscall.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/sys/syscall.h
index 78248a13bd..fbfe128ec5 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/sys/syscall.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/sys/syscall.h
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@
#ifndef _SYSCALL_H
#define _SYSCALL_H 1
+/* This file should list the numbers of the system the system knows.
+ But instead of duplicating this we use the information available
+ from the kernel sources. */
+#include <asm/unistd.h>
+
+/* 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. On MIPS the program which generates <bits/syscalls.h>
+ on the other ports fails, so do this manually. */
+
+
/*
* SVR4 syscalls are in the range from 1 to 999
*/