From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:58:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:58:06 -0500 Received: from jpd.net1.nerim.net ([80.65.226.49]:38922 "EHLO removethis.junk.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:58:05 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:08:11 +0000 From: Julien Plissonneau Duquene To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: ide ioctls draft manpage - feedback wanted Message-ID: <20030224000811.GA14003@junk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I needed a doc to HDIO_... ioctls, couldn't find any, and decided to write my own. I use those to write data (or drives) recovery programs that bypass almost completely the block I/O. The programs are not written yet, I would like to understand the IDE layer first. It can be found here : http://junk.org/~jpd/kernelstuff/ide_ioctls for the "formatted" edition, just add .4 for the source code. This is about kernel 2.4.19, I lack bandwidth/time/drive space/financial incentives to upgrade. Mostly bandwidth. And thus I will follow the discussions on the list archives, so don't expect replies in the minute. If you know better than me on the subject (e.g. you write IDE drivers, IDE utilities that need to send raw commands, or are among the IDE maintainers) I would like to hear from you. There are blanks on the page, stuff I guessed, and stuff I don't really understand. Thanks in advance for help. -- Julien Plissonneau Duqučne.