>>>>> On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:11:14 +0000,
      "Thomas E. Spanjaard" <tgen@netphreax.net> said:

>> How ioctls differ from sysctl?
>> It's just same with sysctl from this point of view.
>> i.e. You can just assign different ioctl number.

> But that means a change in the ABI, no? Where a new sysctl doesn't.

It can keep ABI.
Because we can support old ABI with old _IOC() value.
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