Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:02:38 +0100 | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: IDE ioctl documentation & a new ioctl |
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Hi!
Documenting existing ioctls would be appreciated by many people...
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:07:55 -0500, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote: > Edward Falk wrote: > > And while I'm on the subject, we're getting ready to write a new hdio > > ioctl, an extension of HDIO_DRIVE_CMD. The intent here is to be > > slightly more general-purpose than HDIO_DRIVE_CMD, with an eye to > > supporting the full set of SMART functionality. Current plan is to have > > the user pass a struct containing a pointer to the argument list, a > > pointer to the data buffer, and a data buffer length value. Consider > > this a design document; any comments and/or feature requests? > > HDIO_DRIVE_TASK and flagged taskfiles should cover everything you need.
HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE for (flagged) taskfiles and commands requiring data transfers.
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