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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:18:09 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Nemo book
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> That's a very interesting point. Implementing lguest on Plan 9 would
> require something like 13 "system calls". Far easier than doing the
> near-400 system calls of linux correctly.

i believe there's at least 2 and they're working on 3 abi for each system call.
it's like FAR and HUGE pointers are back from the dead.

- erik