linux-kernel - Re: Ioctl

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Date:	Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:51:52 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	"Brian D. McGrew" <brian@...ionpro.com>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Ioctl

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:39:13 -0800 Brian D. McGrew wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm very new at working with the kernel and device drivers and I'm trying to
> bring ours drivers up from a 2.6.16 kernel to 2.6.37.  I'm noticing that
> ioctl() doesn't seem to be raound anymore, or at least I can't find it.
> 
> There is tons of stuff in my code that I don't yet understand which requires
> the ioctl function.  What is the best way for me to either get the ioctl
> working in 2.6.37, or the quickest way to work around it???

ioctl() is still around.

fs/ioctl.c:
SYSCALL_DEFINE3(ioctl, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, cmd, unsigned long, arg)
{

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~Randy
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