Re: [PATCH] remove error message on illegal ioctl

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Date: Mon Dec 16 2002 - 04:39:24 EST

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On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Jens Axboe wrote:
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> Your non-root user still has to be able to open the cdrom.

Why not just make this all use the "quiet" flag, and make the ioctl's
always set it. That's what it's there for.

Linus

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