Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code | Date | Mon, 21 May 2001 21:20:35 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > I don't need to read it. Don't be insulting. Sure, you *can* use a > > write(2)/read(2) cycle. But that's two syscalls compared to one with > > ioctl(2) or transaction(2). That can matter to some applications. > > I just don't think so. Where did you see performance-critical use of > ioctl()?
AGP, video4linux,...
Alan
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