On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 02:39:47PM +0200, Thomas Winischhofer wrote:
> I intend using them for controlling SiS hardware specific settings like 
> switching output devices, checking modes against output devices, 
> repositioning TV output, scaling TV output, changing gamma correction, 
> tuning video parameters, and the like.

That doesn't in principle sound SiS specific. Sure the implementation will
be but the interface?

> And rest assured, they will be 32/64 bit safe. Not sure what you mean by 
> "ioctl interface" here but have a look at the Matrox framebuffer driver 
> which uses some 'n' ioctls for similar stuff (which in that way do not 
> apply to the SiS hardware which is why I can't reuse them).

Ok this is exactly the point I was trying to make. Would it be possible to
have the "new" ioctl interface be such that they CAN be used by both matrox
and Sis ?