Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 5 Dec 2000 11:46:49 -0800 (PST) | From | Ivan Passos <> | Subject | Re: [RFC-2] Configuring Synchronous Interfaces in Linux |
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On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Mark Cooke wrote: > > struct foo { > unsigned int crufty_compatability_number; > . > . > . > }; > > ?
The problem is not this, but structure alignment and copy_[to|from]_user operations. This approach, although it's my preferred one (due to being self-contained), requires synchronization between kernel and utility, and this sometimes is not always true.
Anyhow, I still prefer this approach over the "tons of different ioctl's" one. I'd like to get the opinion of the community though (especially Alan).
Later, Ivan
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