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On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 01:52:41PM +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... > > Tell me how? E.g. how would you set/get sound stream parameters if > not with ioctl()? Have several related files. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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