Re: Problem with ioctl command TCGETS

[Bernd Eckenfels]

In article <E1CYN7z-0001bZ-00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote:
> You misunderstand the motivation.  This is to get/set small compact
> parameters, not huge structures or big data.  Think get/setsockopt().

I understood it quite well. Looks like sys_sysctl to me.

But dont call it a ioctl replacement, since the stuff which causes most
problems will not be handled via that, but more with solutions like netlink.

Greetings
Bernd
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