Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751437AbaDOQcj (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:32:39 -0400 Received: from mano-163-24-shared.jabatus.fr ([109.234.163.24]:58714 "EHLO mano-163-27-shared.jabatus.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750849AbaDOQci (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:32:38 -0400 X-MailPropre-MailScanner-From: ecolbus@manux.info X-MailPropre-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=0, required 5, autolearn=not spam) X-MailPropre-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service Provider for details X-MailPropre-MailScanner-ID: 313749343F85.ADCDE X-MailPropre-MailScanner-Information: Message sortant - Serveurs o2switch Message-ID: <534D5F11.6020108@manux.info> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:32:17 +0200 From: Emmanuel Colbus User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131104 Icedove/17.0.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: One Thousand Gnomes CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC][4/11][MANUX] Kernel compatibility : ioctl(2) References: <534D375E.7070308@manux.info> <20140415160035.3135dda7@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk> <534D5795.8080100@manux.info> <20140415170519.75d885fb@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20140415170519.75d885fb@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Le 15/04/2014 18:05, One Thousand Gnomes a ?crit : >> I think this is an unproblematic extension, especially since these >> ioctls are only supposed to be called by low-level software shipped with >> the OS. > > Thats the excuse everyone gives for messing up standards stuff. It > usually comes back to bite you later. > > If it's not ioctl don't call it ioctl, have a fdoctl() or something > > Alan > I see your point... Well, this looks like the most staightforward approach then. I'll go with fdoctl(). Emmanuel -- 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/