From: Grant Grundler <iod00d@hp.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sys_ioctl export
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:50:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040617185003.GH7313@cup.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1087494747.28235.28.camel@markh1.pdx.osdl.net>
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 11:31:11AM -0700, Mark Haverkamp wrote:
> > Did you need to call sys_ioctl() directly from a module?
>
> Yes, a 32 bit compatible ioctl function needs to call sys_ioctl once it
> has massaged the data, to execute its function. sys_ioctl isn't an arch
> specific function. It isn't exported normally. It looks like it is
> exported by 64 bit architectures only.
ia64 doesn't support a native 32-bit implementation like
parisc, mips, sparc, et al do. At least not yet.
Adding that support will need to add those EXPORT_SYMBOLs.
I don't know how the current ia32 support works though.
Obviously not as a module...
grant
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-17 18:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-17 17:52 sys_ioctl export Mark Haverkamp
2004-06-17 18:20 ` Grant Grundler
2004-06-17 18:30 ` David Mosberger
2004-06-17 18:31 ` Mark Haverkamp
2004-06-17 18:42 ` Andi Kleen
2004-06-17 18:50 ` Grant Grundler [this message]
2004-06-17 18:50 ` David Mosberger
2004-06-17 18:54 ` Andi Kleen
2004-06-17 19:27 ` Grant Grundler
2004-06-17 19:36 ` Mark Haverkamp
2004-06-17 21:25 ` David Mosberger
2004-06-18 6:54 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-06-18 14:32 ` Jesse Barnes
2004-06-18 14:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-06-18 14:44 ` Jesse Barnes
2004-06-18 14:44 ` Jesse Barnes
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