On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:24:16PM +0200, Rodolfo Giometti wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 01:29:34PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > asmlinkage long sys_time_pps_find(int cmd, int __user *source, > > > char __user *name, int namelen, > > > char __user *path, int pathlen); > > Try to find a PPS source into the system giving one of its feature. > > With cmd==PPS_FIND_SRC we check for a PPS source with index number > equal to *source, if *source==-1 we just ask for the first PPS source > defined into the system. > > With cmd=PPS_FIND_PATH we check for a PPS source with path name equal > to path. > > Selected source is returned into *source and PPS source info are > placed into path and name arrays.
Maybe this syscall can be turned into something like: asmlinkage long sys_time_pps_ioctl(int cmd, void *ptr); and data are passed through ptr pointer... obviously first implemented commands will be PPS_FIND_SRC and PPS_FIND_PATH. This allows future improvements... Ciao, Rodolfo -- GNU/Linux Solutions e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Device Driver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Embedded Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNIX programming phone: +39 349 2432127 - 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/
