Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 05:26:28PM +0200, Carsten Langgaard wrote: > > > The LTP test shmat01 fails on MIPS, because SHMLBA is defined to 0x40000 > > (in include/asm-mips/shmparam.h). > > For all other architectures SHMLBA is defined to PAGE_SIZE, does anyone > > know why we are different ? > > Sounds like a broken test. The value of SHMLBA is ABI mandated. Technically > we could use any power of 2 >= 32kB easily and with plenty of headache > any power of 2 > PAGE_SIZE. Ok, I see, but is there any reason for us to be different than the rest of the world ? > > Ralf
