From: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>,
Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>,
Linux Filesystem Development List <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] ioctl-fat.2: new manpage for the ioctl fat API
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 19:10:52 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877fvze24z.fsf@mail.parknet.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKgNAkjgChZ_R8Qbg29rHKdarV2rbwa2=rf7TgxniZOFePOW-A@mail.gmail.com> (Michael Kerrisk's message of "Tue, 3 Feb 2015 10:55:55 +0100")
"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> writes:
>> Given that FAT ioctls are not widely used by applications, the
>> actual ABI (numeric constants) isn't changing, and the workaround
>> is simple, I'd expect that the time before deprecating the old
>> constants could be fairly short.
>
> True. And now that we're actually documenting this stuff, it would be
> a good time to make the change, so that the new names appear in the
> docs.
>
> Hirofumi, what do you think?
I have no strong opinion. I'm not sure whether it has value to change
this ancient stuff though. If someone wants to do, I have no objection
and will do ack.
Thanks.
--
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
To: "Michael Kerrisk \(man-pages\)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>,
Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>,
Linux Filesystem Development List <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] ioctl-fat.2: new manpage for the ioctl fat API
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 19:10:52 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877fvze24z.fsf@mail.parknet.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKgNAkjgChZ_R8Qbg29rHKdarV2rbwa2=rf7TgxniZOFePOW-A@mail.gmail.com> (Michael Kerrisk's message of "Tue, 3 Feb 2015 10:55:55 +0100")
"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> writes:
>> Given that FAT ioctls are not widely used by applications, the
>> actual ABI (numeric constants) isn't changing, and the workaround
>> is simple, I'd expect that the time before deprecating the old
>> constants could be fairly short.
>
> True. And now that we're actually documenting this stuff, it would be
> a good time to make the change, so that the new names appear in the
> docs.
>
> Hirofumi, what do you think?
I have no strong opinion. I'm not sure whether it has value to change
this ancient stuff though. If someone wants to do, I have no objection
and will do ack.
Thanks.
--
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
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[not found] ` <CAKgNAkhuGYKtUKkm2+wU+TwQb6iZ+EmnLDdr4qg4fWHJyL9K5A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-23 19:54 ` [PATCH v3 1/1] ioctl-fat.2: new manpage for the ioctl fat API Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-01-23 19:54 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2015-02-03 8:25 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-02-03 8:51 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2015-02-03 8:51 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
[not found] ` <87k2zze5tg.fsf-UIVanBePwB70ZhReMnHkpc8NsWr+9BEh@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-03 9:24 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-02-03 9:24 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-02-03 9:44 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2015-02-03 9:44 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
[not found] ` <87fvane3ch.fsf-UIVanBePwB70ZhReMnHkpc8NsWr+9BEh@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-03 9:54 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-02-03 9:54 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-02-03 10:05 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2015-02-03 10:05 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2015-02-06 22:10 ` [PATCH 1/1] ioctl_fat.2: d_ino, d_off, return value explained Heinrich Schuchardt
[not found] ` <1423260638-23504-1-git-send-email-xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-09 8:12 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-02-03 8:49 ` [PATCH v3 1/1] ioctl-fat.2: new manpage for the ioctl fat API Andreas Dilger
[not found] ` <5984550D-1518-490C-9A3F-3F9B1FA2EA00-m1MBpc4rdrD3fQ9qLvQP4Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-03 9:21 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-02-03 9:21 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <CAKgNAki1EnYx+chg1eouwF54youb_tjQ+hW9Ea_M_=cvccu1nA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-03 9:48 ` Andreas Dilger
2015-02-03 9:48 ` Andreas Dilger
2015-02-03 9:55 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-02-03 10:10 ` OGAWA Hirofumi [this message]
2015-02-03 10:10 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
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