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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:42:23 -0400
From: john@csplan9.rit.edu
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Subject: [9fans] syscall paper
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I've recently written a short document on the process of adding a new
system call to Plan 9.  In anticipation of numerous attacks on my
intelligence and the inevitable questioning of the legitimacy of my
parentage, no, I do not endorse the reckless addition of system calls.
I most definitely do not suggest that "kgetpid" should actually go
into the kernel; it's purely an example, one that requires very little
code to implement.

The paper is in /n/sources/contrib/john/syscall.ps or, for you fakers
who don't have Plan 9 boxes,
http://cm.bell-labs.com/sources/contrib/john/syscall.ps

Comments and corrections are welcome; flames about how I have lost the
way will be mocked.

John