Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:42:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:42:59 -0400 Received: from zero.aec.at ([193.170.194.10]:3087 "EHLO zero.aec.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:42:59 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 02:48:45 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Andi Kleen , Joe Thornber , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Device-mapper submission 6/7 Message-ID: <20021018004844.GA14275@averell> References: <20021015175858.GA28170@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk> <3DAC5B47.7020206@pobox.com> <20021015214420.GA28738@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk> <3DAD75AE.7010405@pobox.com> <20021016152047.GA11422@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk> <3DAD8CC9.9020302@pobox.com> <20021017080552.GA2418@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk> <3DAED2DB.3030407@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DAED2DB.3030407@pobox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 684 Lines: 16 > ioctls are analogous to procfs: they are simple, easy, and usually the > wrong thing to do. Simple truths. Like always you need to add your common sense though. I just contend that it's not always the right thing to try to clamp what's a simple ioctl into a complicated file system. From Joe's description of the fs interface it sounds to me like the ioctls are a lot simpler than the fs based version. KISS principle applies. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/