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DateThu, 19 Oct 2006 11:25:30 -0400
From"John Stoffel" <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/7] KVM: userspace interface
Avi> Alan Cox wrote:
>> Ar Iau, 2006-10-19 am 10:30 -0400, ysgrifennodd John Stoffel:
>> 
>>> Yuck.  ioclts are deprecated, you should be using /sysfs instead for
>>> stuff like this, or configfs.  
>> 
>> Making sure the ioctl sizes are the same in 32/64bit and aligned the
>> same way is the more important issue.
>> 

Avi> Yes, pointers are padded and all other types are explicitly sized.  
Avi> Alignment is always natural.

My apologies, I should have kept my mouth shut.  :]  Looks interesting
for sure.

John
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