Re: ioctl32 consolidation

[Jeff Garzik]

Max Krasnyansky wrote:
> Hmm. It seems to that all you need for SIOCDEVPRIVATE is ability to register
> ranges of ioctls. 
> i.e. something like this
>         int register_ioctl32_conversion_rage(uint start, uint end, handler);
> 
> net/core/dev.c
>         register_ioctl32_conversion_range(SIOCDEVPRIVATE, SIOCDEVPRIVATE + 15, siocdevprivate_ioctl);
> 
> Am I missing something here ?

Yes.  Think about the name of the ioctl :)

It is impossible for generic arch code to implement support for 
driver-private ioctls, because these naturally differ between each driver.

	Jeff