In article <linux.kernel.20000320190643.B3135@dukat.scot.redhat.com>,
Stephen C. Tweedie <sct@scot.redhat.com> wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 12:44:45PM -0600, Jim Mostek wrote:
>
>> The issues with the ioctl vs fcntls:
>>
>> 1. programs that run using fcntl() on IRIX or other unixes needs
>> to change to use ioctls when ported to Linux. We can build a compatability
>> library that intercepts fcntl and switches to ioctl or fcntl.
>
>OK, that sort of thing is easy with ELF if you really want to do it in
>user space.
Except that not everybody uses ELF.
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david parsons \bi/ shudder.
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