I do not understand why this is necessary. The capability bits are an ABI
that shouldn't change in a non-backward compat way (i.e. only additions).
We typically don't export strings <-> number conversions for constants.
I know you've explained this a few times before, but it still seems to me
like a userspace only problem. What can userspace do with a capability
it does not know about?
thanks,
-chris
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