From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Igor Zhbanov <izh1979@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Idea: Feature information / extensions dispatcher syscall.
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:12:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090422161257.2743ea33@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f44001920904220746k356550abk6783b8cae003685d@mail.gmail.com>
> But in some cases syscalls are more convenient than reading/writing/ioctling
> in /proc, /sys or /dev.
A syscall and an ioctl are the same thing except that you need a file
handle for one of them.
> And I suggest to regulate syscalls usage and reserve a set of numbers
> "home" modules used in some organizations only.
We have file system naming so you can open device or sysfs and the like
files to do that job. That avoids the problem of trying to keep numbering
sane.
Alan
--
"Alan, I'm getting a bit worried about you."
-- Linus Torvalds
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-22 15:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-22 14:12 Igor Zhbanov
2009-04-22 14:18 ` Andi Kleen
[not found] ` <f44001920904220732h2d6d18cfwef53af31bb218b87@mail.gmail.com>
2009-04-22 14:46 ` Igor Zhbanov
2009-04-22 15:12 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2009-04-22 15:22 ` Igor Zhbanov
2009-04-22 15:33 ` Alan Cox
2009-04-22 14:48 ` Igor Zhbanov
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