From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754562Ab0EOOY5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 May 2010 10:24:57 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:37152 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753946Ab0EOOYz (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 May 2010 10:24:55 -0400 Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 15:24:10 +0100 From: Russell King To: Dominik Brodowski Cc: linux-pcmcia@lists.infradead.org, Alan Cox , "Robert P. J. Day" , Jaswinder Singh Rajput , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] pcmcia: disable pcmcia ioctl for !ARM, prepare for removal Message-ID: <20100515142409.GB18960@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Dominik Brodowski , linux-pcmcia@lists.infradead.org, Alan Cox , "Robert P. J. Day" , Jaswinder Singh Rajput , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20100303075944.GA23354@comet.dominikbrodowski.net> <1267603248-23866-5-git-send-email-linux@dominikbrodowski.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1267603248-23866-5-git-send-email-linux@dominikbrodowski.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 09:00:48AM +0100, Dominik Brodowski wrote: > Furthermore, the last legitimate use of the ioctl to be reported > relates to the ARM architecture in 2008.[1] Attempts to resolve > this issue turned out unsuccessful so far.[2] Other usages have only > been reported as hear-say. If there are any legitiate and necessary > use-cases remaining, please speak out before the end of the grace > period until 2.6.3{5,6}(-rc1). What's the point of speaking out? You don't take any notice of people who do, and you continue your crusade of wanting to remove it. Please, stop giving the impression that you give a damn of what people say about the ioctl interface. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: