> 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 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel