From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:06:24 +0100 (BST) Received: from p508B65B8.dip.t-dialin.net ([IPv6:::ffff:80.139.101.184]:14276 "EHLO dea.linux-mips.net") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:06:22 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h3RN6CA13639; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 01:06:12 +0200 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 01:06:12 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: Atsushi Nemoto Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, Atsushi Nemoto Subject: Re: ioctl32 enhancement Message-ID: <20030428010612.C13382@linux-mips.org> References: <20030425.212123.92588585.nemoto@toshiba-tops.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030425.212123.92588585.nemoto@toshiba-tops.co.jp>; from anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp on Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 09:21:23PM +0900 Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-archive-position: 2211 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 09:21:23PM +0900, Atsushi Nemoto wrote: > I added some entries in arch/mips64/ioctl32.c. > > The handler for TIOCGSERIAL is required by BusyBox. Some serial > drivers using generic serial_struct need it (sgiserial does not). I > think this patch does not harm sgiserial. > > The loop ioctls (LOOP_GET_STATUS, LOOP_SET_STATUS) are required for > some tools. (including Debian installer) > > The mtd ioctls are useful on embedded systems. Not only :-) I've applied this patch to 2.4 only; 2.5 the whole emulation stuff is being turned upside down anyway. Ralf