From: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Al Hooton <al@hootons.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ioctl assignment strategy?
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:53:46 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41C04FFA.6010407@nortelnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041215004620.GA15850@kroah.com>
Greg KH wrote:
> Minor one coming, why do you want to use an ioctl? ioctls are generally
> frowned upon these days, and trying to add a new one is a tough and
> arduous process, that is not for the weak, or faint of heart.
Just curious--what other options would you suggest for arbitrary char devices to
allow for control that doesn't fit nicely into the read/write paradigm?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-15 14:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-14 23:31 ioctl assignment strategy? Al Hooton
2004-12-15 0:46 ` Greg KH
2004-12-15 14:53 ` Chris Friesen [this message]
2004-12-17 23:48 ` Greg KH
2004-12-20 17:37 ` Chris Friesen
2004-12-20 22:48 ` Pjotr Kourzanov
2004-12-21 0:32 ` Alan Cox
2004-12-21 2:06 ` Lee Revell
2004-12-21 12:51 ` Olivier Galibert
2004-12-21 17:24 ` Greg KH
2004-12-22 17:16 ` Al Hooton
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