Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 May 2002 10:34:27 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.17 /dev/ports |
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On Wed, 22 May 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> > For kbdrate??? sysctl I might see - after all, we are talking about > > setting two numbers. ioctl() to pass a couple of integers to the kernel? > > No, thanks. > > Ahhh and just another note - we are talking about a property of a > *device* not a property of the kernel - so ioctl (read io as device) > and certainly not sysctl (read sys as kernel). > > What could be sonsidered as an *serious* alternative would > be to abstract it out even further and implement it on > the tset (terminal settings) levels. But *certainly* not sysctl.
Well... Point about per-device taken, but strictly speaking we do have e.g. per-interface sysctls, etc.
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