Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] ioctl-fat.2: new manpage for the ioctl fat API

[OGAWA Hirofumi]

"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> Given that FAT ioctls are not widely used by applications, the
>> actual ABI (numeric constants) isn't changing, and the workaround
>> is simple, I'd expect that the time before deprecating the old
>> constants could be fairly short.
>
> True. And now that we're actually documenting this stuff, it would be
> a good time to make the change, so that the new names appear in the
> docs.
>
> Hirofumi, what do you think?

I have no strong opinion. I'm not sure whether it has value to change
this ancient stuff though. If someone wants to do, I have no objection
and will do ack.

Thanks.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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