I think these questions are more C newbie related than kernel one. asmlinkage means that the first google answer point to kernelnewbies FAQ and the second answer point to a topic with a subject "what's the meaning of asmlinkage?" The void parameter in a C function prototype means that you need a good C programming language book. To start programming in kernel land you *must* take familiar with C language. Ciao ciao -- sp0nge http://angel-lsm.sf.net ________________________________ Da: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx per conto di Ashok Sharma Inviato: mar 14/03/2006 15.17 A: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx Oggetto: system call Please explain the System call asmlinkage long sys_getpid(void) { return current-> tgetid; } I would like to know what the void argument means and how it different from sys_getpid() Also what is meant by asmlinkage Regards Ashok ___________________________________________________________ NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
