From: Emmanuel Colbus <ecolbus@manux.info>
To: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][4/11][MANUX] Kernel compatibility : ioctl(2)
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:32:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <534D5F11.6020108@manux.info> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140415170519.75d885fb@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk>
Le 15/04/2014 18:05, One Thousand Gnomes a écrit :
>> I think this is an unproblematic extension, especially since these
>> ioctls are only supposed to be called by low-level software shipped with
>> the OS.
>
> Thats the excuse everyone gives for messing up standards stuff. It
> usually comes back to bite you later.
>
> If it's not ioctl don't call it ioctl, have a fdoctl() or something
>
> Alan
>
I see your point... Well, this looks like the most staightforward
approach then. I'll go with fdoctl().
Emmanuel
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-15 16:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-15 13:42 [RFC][4/11][MANUX] Kernel compatibility : ioctl(2) Emmanuel Colbus
2014-04-15 15:00 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-04-15 16:00 ` Emmanuel Colbus
2014-04-15 16:05 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-04-15 16:32 ` Emmanuel Colbus [this message]
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