Re: [PATCH] hptiop: backout ioctl mess

Douglas Gilbert
2006-07-31T03:19:43Z

HighPoint Linux Team wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> The hptiop just got merged with a horrible amount of really bad ioctl
>> code that is against the standards for new scsi drivers. This patch
>> backs it out (and fixes a small bug where scsi_add_host is called to
>> early). We can re-add proper APIs once we agree on them.
>
> What is the standard implemetation of private ioctls for scsi drivers?

Don't get caught.

You might try something creative like:
#define foo ioctl

More seriously see:
http://lwn.net/Articles/191653/
for a recent discussion.

Doug Gilbert