Hi- Tangential question (I think). Not for an IOCTL request 8;) [as the JFS request last week]. [When] is it OK to use (new) IOCTLs vs. using procfs read/write? And are there some alternative methods besides these two? Thanks, ~Randy > -----Original Message----- > From: Linus Torvalds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > ... > We should encourage people to not need major numbers. It's easy. The > driver exports a /proc entry in /proc/driver/xxx or similar . Or the > driver writer says "if you want to use this device, use devfs", and > exports the name there. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
