On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 05:38, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
> ChangeSet 1.1058, 2003/03/02 20:38:36-08:00, [email protected]
>
> [PATCH] cciss: add passthrough ioctl
>
> Patch from Stephen Cameron <[email protected]>
>
> Add new big passthrough ioctl to allow large buffers. Used by e.g. online
> array controller firmware flash utility.
WHY?
didn't 2.5 have a generic method of doing this instead of weird per
driver ioctls ?