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From: Shubhrajyoti <shubhrajyoti@ti.com>
To: Nuno Santos <nsantos@edigma.com>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Changing the settings of the device driver
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:29:21 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EC29A69.8080102@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EC29492.5030209@edigma.com>

On Tuesday 15 November 2011 10:04 PM, Nuno Santos wrote:
> 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?

What kind of settings?
By the way give sysfs a thought.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nuno
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  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-15 16:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-15 16:34 Changing the settings of the device driver Nuno Santos
2011-11-15 16:59 ` Shubhrajyoti [this message]
2011-11-15 17:34 ` Dmitry Torokhov

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