Re: best way to access device driver functions

> 
> Adding ioctl in driver is not a good idea especially for 2.6.x series
> kernel, rather use sysfs which is in kernel 2.6.x to support
> user/kernel interaction too with other usage .....
> 


Thanks for your answer. I started looking in sysfs and driver model.

Could you explain me why ioctl should be avoided ? Is it going to be
deprecated in future kernel ?

Regards,

Ivan
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