linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] docs: ioctl: Update ioctl-number.rst ioctl ranges table preamble

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Message-Id: <1572969561-17591-3-git-send-email-aleksandar.markovic@rt-rk.com>
Date:   Tue,  5 Nov 2019 16:59:20 +0100
From:   Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.markovic@...rk.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        corbet@....net
Cc:     Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.m.mail@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] docs: ioctl: Update ioctl-number.rst ioctl ranges table preamble

From: Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.m.mail@...il.com>

Update introductory paragraph of ioctl ranges table.

Signed-off-by: Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.m.mail@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
index f8768c7..799b90b 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ Following this convention is good because:
     code to copy the parameters between user and kernel space.
 
 This table lists ioctls visible from user land for Linux/x86.  It contains
-most drivers up to 2.6.31, but I know I am missing some.  There has been
-no attempt to list non-X86 architectures or ioctls from drivers/staging/.
+most drivers up to 2.6.31, with some updates from 5.3 kernel, but I know I
+am missing some.  There has been no attempt to list non-X86 architectures
+(except some s390 ioctls). Only some ioctls from drivers/staging/ are
+covered.
 
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 Code  Seq#    Include File                                           Comments
-- 
2.7.4