Re: any thoughts yet on a "generic" ioctl.h?

2007-03-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Stefan Richter wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > if someone can't immediately see what i'm trying > > to do given the previously-posted patch, then they shouldn't be > > commenting on it one way or the other. > > I'm not sure if you are addressing me too. Just to clarify:

Re: any thoughts yet on a "generic" ioctl.h?

2007-03-09 Thread Stefan Richter
Robert P. J. Day wrote: > if someone can't immediately see what i'm trying > to do given the previously-posted patch, then they shouldn't be > commenting on it one way or the other. I'm not sure if you are addressing me too. Just to clarify: I wasn't commenting on the patch, I only commented on

Re: any thoughts yet on a "generic" ioctl.h?

2007-03-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Stefan Richter wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > each simplification could be submitted as > > a separate arch-specific patch, as many things are. > > > > i was more asking about the *philosophy* of that patch, > > The justification of this initial patch is more obvious if

Re: any thoughts yet on a "generic" ioctl.h?

2007-03-09 Thread Stefan Richter
Robert P. J. Day wrote: > each simplification could be submitted as > a separate arch-specific patch, as many things are. > > i was more asking about the *philosophy* of that patch, The justification of this initial patch is more obvious if followed up by those subsequent patches which make use

Re: any thoughts yet on a "generic" ioctl.h?

2007-03-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Stefan Richter wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i asked about this a while back, but i still haven't heard a > > definitive response as to whether it's acceptable. > > Maybe you get response if you post a complete patch. that *was* the complete patch -- its purpose was

Re: any thoughts yet on a generic ioctl.h?

2007-03-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Stefan Richter wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: i asked about this a while back, but i still haven't heard a definitive response as to whether it's acceptable. Maybe you get response if you post a complete patch. that *was* the complete patch -- its purpose was simply

Re: any thoughts yet on a generic ioctl.h?

2007-03-09 Thread Stefan Richter
Robert P. J. Day wrote: each simplification could be submitted as a separate arch-specific patch, as many things are. i was more asking about the *philosophy* of that patch, The justification of this initial patch is more obvious if followed up by those subsequent patches which make use of

Re: any thoughts yet on a generic ioctl.h?

2007-03-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Stefan Richter wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: each simplification could be submitted as a separate arch-specific patch, as many things are. i was more asking about the *philosophy* of that patch, The justification of this initial patch is more obvious if followed

Re: any thoughts yet on a generic ioctl.h?

2007-03-09 Thread Stefan Richter
Robert P. J. Day wrote: if someone can't immediately see what i'm trying to do given the previously-posted patch, then they shouldn't be commenting on it one way or the other. I'm not sure if you are addressing me too. Just to clarify: I wasn't commenting on the patch, I only commented on

Re: any thoughts yet on a generic ioctl.h?

2007-03-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Stefan Richter wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: if someone can't immediately see what i'm trying to do given the previously-posted patch, then they shouldn't be commenting on it one way or the other. I'm not sure if you are addressing me too. Just to clarify: I

Re: any thoughts yet on a "generic" ioctl.h?

2007-03-08 Thread Stefan Richter
Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i asked about this a while back, but i still haven't heard a > definitive response as to whether it's acceptable. Maybe you get response if you post a complete patch. -- Stefan Richter -=-=-=== --== -=--= http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list:

any thoughts yet on a "generic" ioctl.h?

2007-03-08 Thread Robert P. J. Day
i asked about this a while back, but i still haven't heard a definitive response as to whether it's acceptable. that is, extending the header file "asm-generic/ioctl.h" to allow arch-specific ioctl.h header files to override what little might need to be changed from the generic file:

any thoughts yet on a generic ioctl.h?

2007-03-08 Thread Robert P. J. Day
i asked about this a while back, but i still haven't heard a definitive response as to whether it's acceptable. that is, extending the header file asm-generic/ioctl.h to allow arch-specific ioctl.h header files to override what little might need to be changed from the generic file:

Re: any thoughts yet on a generic ioctl.h?

2007-03-08 Thread Stefan Richter
Robert P. J. Day wrote: i asked about this a while back, but i still haven't heard a definitive response as to whether it's acceptable. Maybe you get response if you post a complete patch. -- Stefan Richter -=-=-=== --== -=--= http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send