On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 09:39:31AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > [1] one man's data is another man's commands, for starters. All networking
> > protocols would fit your description. So would ANSI escape sequences ("move
> > cursor to line 12 column 45" does sound like a command), so would writing
> > postscript to printer, etc.
>
> .. and all of that is just data to the kernel.
>
> Yes, vt100 escape sequences etc _are_ commands, and boy have we had
> bugs in that area. But there the excuse is "that's how the world is".
... along with "something similar to ncurses-based programs usable over
ssh is a good thing to have, without having said ssh somehow intercept
and marshal ioctls" ;-) I can just imagine something e.g. RDMA people
would've designed instead... OTOH, I'm eating right now, so better
not go there...
