A stable syscall ABI is a Linux peculiarity and was never a part of the UNIX tradition. Here's a talk where Bryan Cantrill describes the tightly coupled Solari

A stable syscall ABI is a Linux peculiarity and was never a part of the UNIX tradition. Here's a talk where Bryan Cantrill describes the tightly coupled Solaris kernel/libc combination as a "welded unit", and mocks the Linux "libc ecosystem" and the complexity of ENOSYS handling in glibc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrfD3pC0VSs#t=29m10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrfD3pC0VSs#t=29m10