Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751315AbWIPBBr (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:01:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750900AbWIPBBr (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:01:47 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.180]:17684 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750754AbWIPBBq (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:01:46 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=IM1lITLbObhpWVFHuH65W2WZ8G/tXRwxLZROL591mb9pEPNQccidEXXGpo3OgzAUfrI88gVMFTOEA0sB58HnuLEb+ERL/XnzmVnkqRq3ljo1YlqYFEyXgI6DZ+iYYg+5T46pJOL2Caxn0LnxM/Hw5Ugw6Tjy0ow/Cmqtf05vCGs= Message-ID: <653402b90609151801n4b02fae1y763707f139c9818d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:01:45 +0200 From: "Miguel Ojeda" To: jim@gibbons.com Subject: Re: request for ioctl range for private devices Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <450B48CC.6060604@gibbons.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <450B31BF.4050604@gibbons.com> <653402b90609151726l230e9bafg5d06a36e7cd7b32c@mail.gmail.com> <450B48CC.6060604@gibbons.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 894 Lines: 21 On 9/16/06, Jim Gibbons wrote: > > We do think that such embedded use might be common, though, > and we would like to see a range of ioctls reserved for private and > experimental uses like ours. > Sorry, I tought you were asking for a ioctl range just for you. It seems fair to me to have a private ioctl range where anyone should use anytime in the future, just for tests and private use. Althought, I can't help you too much with that, you will have to wait to the true maintainers, I was just trying to give you ideas comparing it to my case and which approach I would take. Just wait until someone more useful answer you :) - 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/