Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261448AbUK1MXs (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Nov 2004 07:23:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261452AbUK1MXs (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Nov 2004 07:23:48 -0500 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:17361 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261448AbUK1MXr (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Nov 2004 07:23:47 -0500 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problem with ioctl command TCGETS Organization: Deban GNU/Linux Homesite In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.6-20040906 ("Baleshare") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.8.1 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 13:23:45 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 676 Lines: 16 In article you wrote: > You misunderstand the motivation. This is to get/set small compact > parameters, not huge structures or big data. Think get/setsockopt(). I understood it quite well. Looks like sys_sysctl to me. But dont call it a ioctl replacement, since the stuff which causes most problems will not be handled via that, but more with solutions like netlink. Greetings Bernd - 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/