From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: RFC: Redirect-Device Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:21:16 -0800 Message-ID: <20050331142116.50dbc7b3.davem@davemloft.net> References: <424C6089.1080507@candelatech.com> <20050331130512.7e4b8bc0@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> <424C6F82.7030609@candelatech.com> <20050331135229.432afff3.davem@davemloft.net> <424C73DB.2090501@candelatech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: shemminger@osdl.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Ben Greear In-Reply-To: <424C73DB.2090501@candelatech.com> Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:04:11 -0800 Ben Greear wrote: > > You could extend and use ethtool. That is what it's there for. > > The IOCTLs I need are very specific and will only be used for > the redirect module. I don't think it would be worth adding > a function pointer to the ethtool-ops, but if that is what you > prefer I can do so. I'll let Jeff make this call. > With regard to the compat: I did a quick search for 'vlan' in that > file, thinking I'd mimic whatever was done for the .1q module. There > is no mention of vlan anywhere in there. fs/compat_ioctl.c includes some files, perhaps you should check some of those out. In particular, what you seek might, just might, be discoverd in include/linux/compat_ioctl.h Also see Stephen's commentary wrt. sysfs