Adding a system call to linux having different kernel versions

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I am adding a system call to Linux running on kernel 3.8.0-19 generic but i have downloaded the latest stable version 3.10.9.Should I add the system call to this latest kernel and then compile it.will the difference in the two kernel versions not cause system crash or any other problem????

Posted 24-Aug-13 2:17am

Brady Bar

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Richard MacCutchan 24-Aug-13 9:12am

How could anyone answer such a question, without knowing the code, where in the kernel it goes and without running some tests.

Brady Bar 24-Aug-13 13:47pm

I am just adding a simple hello world system call by creating a new makefile and adding it to the kernel.

Richard MacCutchan 25-Aug-13 3:05am

So what is your problem?

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