Re: [PATCH] get the kernel to warn about deprecated SCSI ioctls

Jeff Garzik
2004-08-19T16:26:01Z

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 12:19:01PM -0400, James Bottomley wrote:
> The non unique SCSI ioctls:
>
> SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND
> SCSI_IOCTL_TEST_UNIT_READY
> SCSI_IOCTL_BENCHMARK_COMMAND
> SCSI_IOCTL_SYNC
> SCSI_IOCTL_START_UNIT
> SCSI_IOCTL_STOP_UNIT
>
> Have been deprecated for a while now. We should make the kernel
> complain when a program actually uses one of them, so users have had
> adequate warning before they are removed.

any chance of deprecating the doorlock ioctls too?

Jeff