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| author | Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> | 2025-05-02 14:45:05 +0700 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2025-05-07 00:53:22 -0600 |
| commit | 40e71e32c8585e0b8655b14f09dd0cc24f6c2d8b (patch) | |
| tree | 8ecd77f68321bd512a6499c04b1ceb25c1acbe11 | |
| parent | c0fe189b590c754f69e0cb87c5b5674cad535cf6 (diff) | |
Documentation: ioctl-number: Update outdated submission info
Much like device numbers that used to be assigned by LANANA (see commit
ebdf4040c16df5 ("Documentation: update the devices.txt documentation"),
ioctl numbers list is maintained by general kernel community nowadays
instead of contacting Michael directly as he's long stepped down from
kernel-related activity (his last LKML message was from 2003 [1] and
he's in CREDITS since the beginning of kernel's git history). Also,
patch (including one to update ioctl numbers list) submission now
follows process as described in
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst rather than sending
patches directly to Linus as in the distant past.
Update the docs to reflect that.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/200305261446.h4QEkBVv023861@duracef.shout.net/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20250502074504.26933-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst index 7a1409ecc238..83e5d2abdad6 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst @@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ or number from the table below. Because of the large number of drivers, many drivers share a partial letter with other drivers. If you are writing a driver for a new device and need a letter, pick an -unused block with enough room for expansion: 32 to 256 ioctl commands. -You can register the block by patching this file and submitting the -patch to Linus Torvalds. Or you can e-mail me at <mec@shout.net> and -I'll register one for you. +unused block with enough room for expansion: 32 to 256 ioctl commands +should suffice. You can register the block by patching this file and +submitting the patch through :doc:`usual patch submission process +</process/submitting-patches>`. The second argument to _IO, _IOW, _IOR, or _IOWR is a sequence number to distinguish ioctls from each other. The third argument to _IOW, |