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SubjectRe: [PATCH] blkgetsize64 ioctl
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 01:12:07PM -0400, Ben LaHaise wrote:
>
> No, that's not what's got me miffed. What is a problem here is that an
> obvious next to use ioctl number in a *CORE* kernel api was used without
> reserving it. AND PEOPLE SHIPPED IT! I for one don't go about shipping
> new ABIs without reserving at least a placeholder for it in the main
> kernel (or stating that the code is not bearing a fixed ABI). If the
> ioctl # was in the main kernel, this mess would never have happened even
> with the accidental shipping of the patch in e2fsprogs.

... and for my part, I included the patch in e2fsprogs because Ben
sent me the patch, saying that people would want to test it, and I
assumed he had already reserved the ioctl in the kernel. I should
have checked first....

- Ted
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