From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nuno Santos Subject: Changing the settings of the device driver Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:34:26 +0000 Message-ID: <4EC29492.5030209@edigma.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mx01.edigma.com ([195.22.21.235]:40305 "EHLO mx01.edigma.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756540Ab1KOQea (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:34:30 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mx01.edigma.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93BBD3761926 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:34:27 +0000 (WET) Received: from mx01.edigma.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx01.edigma.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9K3cYvnpJbYR for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:34:27 +0000 (WET) Received: from [192.168.3.103] (unknown [62.28.174.82]) by mx01.edigma.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0B2373761923 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:34:26 +0000 (WET) Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: linux-input@vger.kernel.org Hi, I have been reading about linux kernel development and ioctl seems to be discouraged by kernel developers. However ioctl is precisely what i'm looking for to mimic what I have in my Windows driver version. Should I consider an option to implement ioctl's to change my device settings? Thanks, Nuno