Re: [PATCH 13/23] ioctl_tty.2: Document ioctls: TCGETS2, TCSETS2, TCSETSW2, TCSETSF2

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-08T21:30:42Z

Hello Pali,

>> The Linux man-pages generally try to maintain historical and
>> version info (at least back as far as 2.6.0), so I applied
>> the patch below.
>
> Hello Michael! That is a good idea. Anyway, these ioctls were not added
> for all architectures as for some they are not needed (when version 1
> already contains everything what was introduced in version 2).
>
> I collected all details which I found and I know in this email
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/20210808210530.ykqrihpfmdabbdl2@pali/
> and it is something which should be properly documented. But I do not
> how to put these details into structured manpage...

It's not immediately obvious to me, either, how to do this.
Perhaps you eventually have some more ideas, but in the meantime,
thanks for the improvements so far.

Cheers,

Michael

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