Re: [PATCH] hptiop: backout ioctl mess

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On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 10:53 +0800, HighPoint Linux Team wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > The hptiop just got merged with a horrible amount of really bad ioctl
> > code that is against the standards for new scsi drivers.  This patch
> > backs it out (and fixes a small bug where scsi_add_host is called to
> > early).  We can re-add proper APIs once we agree on them.
> 
> What is the standard implemetation of private ioctls for scsi drivers?
> Thanks.

Hi,

the real answer is: try really hard to use generic ioctls for your
functionality. What exactly do you need private ioctls for?
It's quite possible that there is a generic way to do the same thing
already, or something that can easily be extended to do what you need...

Greetings,
   Arjan van de Ven
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if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com

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