2019-11-05 16:11:14

by Aleksandar Markovic

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Subject: [PATCH 0/3] docs: ioctl: Update ioctl-number.rst

From: Aleksandar Markovic <[email protected]>

This is my attempt to bring ioctl-number.rst more up to date.
Still work in progress. Will send v2 when I add more updates.

Aleksandar Markovic (3):
docs: ioctl: Update ioctl-number.rst ioctl ranges table
docs: ioctl: Update ioctl-number.rst ioctl ranges table preamble
docs: ioctl: Update ioctl-number.rst 'last updated' date

Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 59 +++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

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2019-11-05 16:11:19

by Aleksandar Markovic

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Subject: [PATCH 3/3] docs: ioctl: Update ioctl-number.rst 'last updated' date

From: Aleksandar Markovic <[email protected]>

Update info on the date of the last update of ioctl-number.rst.

Signed-off-by: Aleksandar Markovic <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
index 799b90b..f501467 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Ioctl Numbers
=============

-19 October 1999
+Last update: 5th November, 2019

Michael Elizabeth Chastain
<[email protected]>
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2019-11-05 16:12:03

by Aleksandar Markovic

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Subject: [PATCH 2/3] docs: ioctl: Update ioctl-number.rst ioctl ranges table preamble

From: Aleksandar Markovic <[email protected]>

Update introductory paragraph of ioctl ranges table.

Signed-off-by: Aleksandar Markovic <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
index f8768c7..799b90b 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ Following this convention is good because:
code to copy the parameters between user and kernel space.

This table lists ioctls visible from user land for Linux/x86. It contains
-most drivers up to 2.6.31, but I know I am missing some. There has been
-no attempt to list non-X86 architectures or ioctls from drivers/staging/.
+most drivers up to 2.6.31, with some updates from 5.3 kernel, but I know I
+am missing some. There has been no attempt to list non-X86 architectures
+(except some s390 ioctls). Only some ioctls from drivers/staging/ are
+covered.

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2019-11-06 06:25:24

by Jani Nikula

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] docs: ioctl: Update ioctl-number.rst 'last updated' date

On Tue, 05 Nov 2019, Aleksandar Markovic <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Aleksandar Markovic <[email protected]>
>
> Update info on the date of the last update of ioctl-number.rst.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandar Markovic <[email protected]>
> ---
> Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> index 799b90b..f501467 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
> Ioctl Numbers
> =============
>
> -19 October 1999
> +Last update: 5th November, 2019

Pretty sure nobody has cared about the date for about 20 years...

BR,
Jani.

>
> Michael Elizabeth Chastain
> <[email protected]>

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center