Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161099AbVIPOHk (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:07:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161101AbVIPOHk (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:07:40 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:5304 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161099AbVIPOHk (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:07:40 -0400 Subject: Re: best way to access device driver functions From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: Nix Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ivan.korzakow@gmail.com, fawadlateef@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <87mzmduq1h.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> References: <1e62d137050915010361d10139@mail.gmail.com> <1e62d13705091508391832f897@mail.gmail.com> <87mzmduq1h.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-XTEPud95lvgNBkVm3lhE" Organization: Red Hat, Inc. Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:07:40 -0400 Message-Id: <1126879660.3103.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 924 Lines: 32 --=-XTEPud95lvgNBkVm3lhE Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > New *system calls* are generally avoided (especially if they might be > useful to non-privileged code) because they come with a *very* high > backward compatibility burden ioctls come with the same burden though. --=-XTEPud95lvgNBkVm3lhE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBDKtGspv2rCoFn+CIRAvhvAKCJ/1Q0UbfZZwh+xb3ogU4emXTaOACaAkp2 KOslXHbgqNMxv19LTNqKUFc= =Uxed -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-XTEPud95lvgNBkVm3lhE-- - 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/