Re: [PATCH] Device-mapper submission 6/7

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 02:15:35PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >[Device mapper]
> >Provide a traditional ioctl based interface to control device-mapper
> >from userland.
> 
> 
> If you're adding a new interface, there should be no need to add new 
> ioctls and all that they entail.  Just control via a ramfs-based fs...

I second that idea.

With libfs now in 2.5, it's quite easy to make such a filesystem.

greg k-h