[PATCH 7/8] ppc64: SPU file system

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

> > ioctl's are generally considered evil ... what about a write() method
> > writing a command ?
> 
> That's even more evil than ioctl()... Try doing 32-vs-64bit conversion
> on write...

I don't see the problem ... if you are passing a structure, you have to
convert it anyway, and it's bad practice. I was thinking about passing
ascii so it can be controlled by shell scripts.

Ben.