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DateSun, 28 Nov 2004 12:48:47 +0000
FromAl Viro <>
SubjectRe: Problem with ioctl command TCGETS
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 01:32:17PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > Think read(2)/write(2).  We already have several barfbags too many,
> > and that includes both ioctl() and setsockopt().  We are stuck with
> > them for compatibility reasons, but why the hell would we need yet
> > another one?
> 
> You can't replace either ioctl() or setsockopt() with read/write can
> you?  Both of them set out-of-band information on file descriptors.

Out-of-band == should be on a separate channel...
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