Re: [PATCH] cciss: add passthrough ioctl

Arjan van de Ven (arjanv@redhat.com)
Mon, 3 Mar 2003 15:27:06 +0000

On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 09:26:40AM +0600, Stephen Cameron wrote:
> Because, in order to flash the array controller firmware,
> it's got to be done that way...

I don't buy this. Sorry. What's against creating a device for this
controller itself ?
(And yes, the kernel could use a formal ioctl number for "upgrade firmware")
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/