From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Mark Robson <markxr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Proposal: block(4)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:57:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100922135702.GA19439@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin_m9n=X6k2S-8pDA_B6Z3sMt5ifYUjUG5wd_ab-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 03:51:56PM +0100, Mark Robson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looking at the sd(4) man page, there appear to be some BLK* ioctls
> documented, but these don't really belong here, as some of them apply to all
> block devices.
>
> Should the common functions of a block device appear on a new page, block(4)
> and refer to hd(4), sd(4), ram(4) etc as necessary?
>
> I would create one if there was some interest.
Yes, please do. Besides the completely generic ioctls implemented in
blkdev_ioctl it would also be good to have a manpage for the "generic
scsi" ioctls in scsi_cmd_ioctl.
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2010-09-12 14:51 Proposal: block(4) Mark Robson
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