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Documentation: ioctl-number: Update outdated submission info
Much like device numbers that used to be assigned by LANANA (see commit ebdf404 ("Documentation: update the devices.txt documentation"), ioctl numbers list is maintained by general kernel community nowadays instead of contacting Michael directly as he's long stepped down from kernel-related activity (his last LKML message was from 2003 [1] and he's in CREDITS since the beginning of kernel's git history). Also, patch (including one to update ioctl numbers list) submission now follows process as described in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst rather than sending patches directly to Linus as in the distant past. Update the docs to reflect that. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]/ [1] Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst

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many drivers share a partial letter with other drivers.
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If you are writing a driver for a new device and need a letter, pick an
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unused block with enough room for expansion: 32 to 256 ioctl commands.
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You can register the block by patching this file and submitting the
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patch to Linus Torvalds. Or you can e-mail me at <[email protected]> and
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I'll register one for you.
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unused block with enough room for expansion: 32 to 256 ioctl commands
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should suffice. You can register the block by patching this file and
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submitting the patch through :doc:`usual patch submission process
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</process/submitting-patches>`.
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The second argument to _IO, _IOW, _IOR, or _IOWR is a sequence number
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to distinguish ioctls from each other. The third argument to _IOW,

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