Re: The "black magic" of ioctl

[Francesco Piraneo Giuliano <fpiraneo@gmail.com>]

> The title of your post is quite correct; ioctl is indeed black
> magic :)
>
> POSIX[1] defines this function, as "obsolescent" mind you, along with
> {a big cut - save your bandwidth!}

Ok Ludovic, thank you for your great answer!

So, please don't use ioctl -> black magic -> forbidden! :-)

But my application still need to be written and has to run under linux
so to collect some data about linux' framebuffer I have to use ioctl;
the only solution is to write all low level interfacing (open the
device, get informations about, map it into memory) in C then write
the upper level in Ada?

If this is true I have some philosophical concerns about... ;-)

Any other suggestions will be strongly appreciated!

Just one question to you: Normally which OS you use with Ada?
Moreover, there is a more suited os to be driven with Ada programs?

Merci! ;-)
Francesco