On (06/07/07 12:43), James Carlson wrote: > > Peter Memishian writes: > > > > > > Unfortunately, lots of code is still using these ioctls, so we can't > > get > > > > rid of them. (For example, SunVTS uses ndd ioctls directly.) > > > > > > We're not talking about getting rid of ndd or the ioctls. We're > > > talking about getting rid of the strange "name\0buflen\0" support in > > > the kernel. It appears to be both unused and useless. > > > > It's also amusing to see the "temporary hack" comment above it -- which > > has now persisted for 15 years. > > Seems like there should be a lesson in there somewhere. :-/
"there's nothing as permanent as a temporary fix"? :-) --Sowmini
