Re: [PATCH] 2.5.17 /dev/ports

[James Simmons]

> > 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.
> 
> Ahhh and just another note - we are talking about a property of a
> *device* not a property of the kernel - so ioctl (read io as device)
> and certainly not sysctl (read sys as kernel).
> 
> What could be sonsidered as an *serious* alternative would
> be to abstract it out even further and implement it on
> the tset (terminal settings) levels. But *certainly* not sysctl.

Hm. That is a interesting idea. I like it.