Re: [PATCH] 2.5.17 /dev/ports

Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Mon, 27 May 2002 09:07:46 +0000


Hi

> > So at least we know now:
> >
> > 1. Kernel is bogous.
> > 2. util-linux is bogous.
> >
> > IOCTL is ineed the way to go to implement such functionality...
>
> For kbdrate??? sysctl I might see - after all, we are talking about
> setting two numbers. ioctl() to pass a couple of integers to the kernel?
> No, thanks.

There may be more than one keyboard in the system, so sysctl() is not
suitable.
Pavel

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