linux-kernel - Re: Bad watchdog ioctl definitions

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20100405124427.1daef0d9@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:44:27 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	James Hogan <james@...anarts.com>
Cc:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bad watchdog ioctl definitions

> Is it usually even possible to change ioctl numbers for compatibility?
> What's the usual process?

In this case I think its historical and we are stuck with it.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/