Jason Thorpe wrote:
> On Aug 26, 2007, at 8:29 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
>> Because that's the currently configured limit in syscalls.master.
>
> The only reason that's set like that was to make the number of system 
> call slots a power of two (512 happened to be the closest power of 
> two).  Making it a power of two enables some optimizations in the 
> low-level system call handler.
>
> There is no harm in simply making it 1024 (aside from some wasted space).

I looked quickly to see if there was any such beastie but obviously i didn't
look hard enough (or in the right place.)  Where should I look to see where
this table is built and used?

Darren