* [Bridge] SIOCDEVPRIVATE
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@ 2004-02-14 0:06 ` Abhijit Kumbhare
2004-02-16 17:05 ` Stephen Hemminger
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From: Abhijit Kumbhare @ 2004-02-14 0:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bridge
The bridge module uses this ioctl - but in the comment in
include/linux/sockios.h where it is defined says that the device private
IOCTL are "deprecated" and will disappear in 2.5.X (comment by DaveM).
I still see it being used in the 2.6.X bridge code - what's the story
behind this? Will SIOCDEVPRIVATE disappear or its just an invalid
comment because too many people/modules are using it (that it will never
be removed)?
Please let me know.
Thanks,
Abhijit
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2004-02-14 0:06 ` [Bridge] SIOCDEVPRIVATE Abhijit Kumbhare
@ 2004-02-16 17:05 ` Stephen Hemminger
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From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2004-02-16 17:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Abhijit Kumbhare; +Cc: bridge
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:06:26 -0800
Abhijit Kumbhare <abhijitk@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:
> The bridge module uses this ioctl - but in the comment in
> include/linux/sockios.h where it is defined says that the device private
> IOCTL are "deprecated" and will disappear in 2.5.X (comment by DaveM).
>
> I still see it being used in the 2.6.X bridge code - what's the story
> behind this? Will SIOCDEVPRIVATE disappear or its just an invalid
> comment because too many people/modules are using it (that it will never
> be removed.
It probably won't disappear any time soon. I am working on a replacing the bridge
ioctl interface used now, because it doesn't work in mixed mode (32 bit command
talking to a 64bit kernel). After that is done, maybe it will go away, but
there may be other devices that use it as well.
Final decision would be up to Dave Miller.
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