> Drop the K_OFF handling and replace it with a new "mute" ioctl pair. > Anybody using K_OFF would already need to be prepared to handle it > throwing -EINVAL for old kernel compatibility, so userspace will degrade > gracefully.
Interesting theory. It may degrade but it'll degrade to a state worse than current. I don't see why K_OFF needs to go away. If the mute ioctl handling also affects mute mode too then it should just work. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
