Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 07:12:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 07:12:39 -0500 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.8]:43656 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 07:12:30 -0500 From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:12:28 GMT Message-Id: To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, dalecki@evision-ventures.com Subject: Re: bitkeeper / IDE cleanup Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Plese note that the mail in wich I did send this particular patch > didn't contain the cleanup term. You forgot to check the Subject line. > I would rather have a true lean *abstract* ioctl/sysctl > based interface I very much distrust the possibility of defining any abstract interface. For special purpose things one just wants to send certain commands and data to the disk, and user space knows which commands and what data, and the kernel doesn't, so has to allow user space access. Andries - 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/