Re: [Korbit-cvs] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux Kernel ORB: kORBit (and ioctl must die!)

2000-12-14 Thread Mike Coleman
Alexander Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ioctl() is avoidable. Proof: Plan 9. They don't _have_ that system call. > It doesn't mean that we should (or could) remove it. It _does_ mean that > new APIs do not need it. *I* sure wish we could. From the standpoint of trying to trace system

Re: [Korbit-cvs] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux Kernel ORB: kORBit (and ioctl must die!)

2000-12-14 Thread Mike Coleman
Alexander Viro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ioctl() is avoidable. Proof: Plan 9. They don't _have_ that system call. It doesn't mean that we should (or could) remove it. It _does_ mean that new APIs do not need it. *I* sure wish we could. From the standpoint of trying to trace system calls,