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Date:      Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:44:56 +0200
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: bsd/linux  ioctl.
Message-ID:  <20110426154456.15502ccrzrmoxv8k@webmail.leidinger.net>
In-Reply-To: <4DB22B26.3040603@freebsd.org>
References:  <4DB22B26.3040603@freebsd.org>

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Quoting Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> (from Fri, 22 Apr 2011  
18:28:06 -0700):

[linux ioctl compatibility]
> So my first question is "is this hack commonly known?"
> and secondly "should we clean it up and put it in an ioctl(9) man page?"
>
> We should probably have such a page.  Do we have a driver porter's handbook?
> a quick look failed to find any mention of this in any documentation.

The closest I can come up with regarding some Linux<->FreeBSD porting is
   http://wiki.freebsd.org/AvoidingLinuxisms

It's not really what you asked for, but it's somewhat related.

Bye,
Alexander.

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