From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264411AbUESQSl (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2004 12:18:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264414AbUESQSl (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2004 12:18:41 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:53741 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264411AbUESQSi (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2004 12:18:38 -0400 From: Jesse Barnes To: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH] implement TIOCGSERIAL in sn_serial.c Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 12:17:13 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pfg@sgi.com, Erik Jacobson References: <200405191109.51751.jbarnes@engr.sgi.com> <200405191150.08967.jbarnes@engr.sgi.com> <20040519165618.A28238@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20040519165618.A28238@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200405191217.13635.jbarnes@engr.sgi.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:56 am, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Umm... I described the patch in the last mail. I don't know when Pat > > will have the conversion to the serial core interface done, but I have a > > need for this ioctl now. If you want to wait for the full blown version, > > then so be it, I just hope it comes soon. > > And the point of an ioctl copying two values that are compltely irrelevant > for userspace with your driver are? [please fill in here] What, you think userland isn't interested in the FIFO depth? Or are you suggesting that we fill in all the values? Pat? Jesse