Kashyap, > Immediately dropping ioctl support will create lots of issues for > Development/Test (within a org + OEM testing). How about accepting > updated ioctl patch-set after reviewed-by tag (which will not use > static MAJOR number) for time being ? If we were to introduce an ioctl interface for mpi3mr we would never be able to deprecate it without breaking existing applications. While I appreciate that it is inconvenient to have to update your tooling, this is the only chance we have to get the interface right. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering