Re: ioctl assignment strategy?

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 08:53:46AM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> 
> >Minor one coming, why do you want to use an ioctl?  ioctls are generally
> >frowned upon these days, and trying to add a new one is a tough and
> >arduous process, that is not for the weak, or faint of heart.
> 
> Just curious--what other options would you suggest for arbitrary char 
> devices to allow for control that doesn't fit nicely into the read/write 
> paradigm?

Rethink the way you want to control your device.  Seriously, a lot of
ioctls can be broken down into single device files, single sysfs files,
or other such things (a whole new fs as a last resort too.)

So, what does your ioctls do?

thanks,

greg k-h
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