Darren J Moffat wrote:
> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>> Darren J Moffat wrote:
>>> This case looks reasonable as specified, however I do have one
>>> question.
>>>
>>> Given hal is (or at least has been) used on Linux/BSD systems do
>>> they already have this or a similar ioctl ? Is there any value in
>>> being compatible or is this an area where HAL is supposed to be
>>> operating system specific anyway ?
>>>
>> The change I'm making is in the solaris-specific implementation
>> component of HAL. If Linux supports dkio(7I) at all, its news to
>> me. Certainly, I don't believe that it supports DKIOCSTATE, which is
>> the main dkio(7I) functionality in this part of hal.
>>
>> I did a search of Linux source (not entirely exhaustive, but it
>> included the "block" subdirectory and the include/ subdirectory) at
>> least, and could not find any such ioctls.
>
> Given that I'm happy you have done the due dilligence of comparing the
> problem space with another system and I'm happy to give my +1 for the
> case as specified.
>
And with that, this case, having reached consensus with a +1 and having
reached its time out, is hereby closed approved.
- Garrett
