> Actually 2.5 will see a lot of devices moving away from IOCTLs (even legacy
> ones) as Linux gains namespace support.  From the Linus threads I've read,
> even older IOCTLs will be shot down.  The unmaintainability and randomness
> of IOCTL numbering schemes is one of the things that brought this about.

Sure, any scheme for backwards compatibility with ioctls can transfer to a 
new interface mechanism, if it ever arrives.  We have to concentrate on 2.4 
for now...

Keith

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