Re: [Fwd: Getting IOCTL's into VFS File System Drivers]

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 18:35:03 -0800

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"Jeff V. Merkey" wrote:
>
> Peter,
>
> Currently there is no method for NWFS to have an IOCTL unless EXT2 is
> present.

What on Earth gives you that idea?

> There are cases where the FS needs to send an event to the
> user for intervention.

Yes, and?

-hpa

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