On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 05:38, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
> ChangeSet 1.1058, 2003/03/02 20:38:36-08:00, akpm@digeo.com
> 
> 	[PATCH] cciss: add passthrough ioctl
> 	
> 	Patch from Stephen Cameron <steve.cameron@hp.com>
> 	
> 	Add new big passthrough ioctl to allow large buffers.  Used by e.g.  online
> 	array controller firmware flash utility.

WHY?

didn't 2.5 have a generic method of doing this instead of weird per
driver ioctls ?