linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] staging: xgifb: remove private ioctls

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Date:	Wed, 2 Mar 2011 16:01:27 -0500
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnaud.patard@...-net.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] staging: xgifb: remove private ioctls

On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 08:19:11PM +0200, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Greg KH wrote:
> >On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 11:50:12PM +0200, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> >>Drop the badly defined and broken private ioctl interface. Since the
> >>driver is in staging, and some of the ioctls are clearly unsafe or not
> >>even working, it's unlikely that there are any users.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
> >
> >Is this just a RFC, or do you want me to apply this patch?
> 
> I wasn't sure if we should try to retain all the interfaces the driver
> provides. But if there are no objections, please apply, it will help a
> lot with further cleanups.

Ok, care to resend it without the RFC then?

thanks,

greg k-h
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