Documentation: ioctl-number: Update outdated submission info

Much like device numbers that used to be assigned by LANANA (see commit
ebdf4040c16df5 ("Documentation: update the devices.txt documentation"),
ioctl numbers list is maintained by general kernel community nowadays
instead of contacting Michael directly as he's long stepped down from
kernel-related activity (his last LKML message was from 2003 [1] and
he's in CREDITS since the beginning of kernel's git history). Also,
patch (including one to update ioctl numbers list) submission now
follows process as described in
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst rather than sending
patches directly to Linus as in the distant past.

Update the docs to reflect that.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/200305261446.h4QEkBVv023861@duracef.shout.net/
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20250502074504.26933-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
index 7a1409ecc238ebbe78dc4fda971bd96a6ee3c842..83e5d2abdad6948313341e7acfb05e1c631d801c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ or number from the table below.  Because of the large number of drivers,
 many drivers share a partial letter with other drivers.
 
 If you are writing a driver for a new device and need a letter, pick an
-unused block with enough room for expansion: 32 to 256 ioctl commands.
-You can register the block by patching this file and submitting the
-patch to Linus Torvalds.  Or you can e-mail me at <mec@shout.net> and
-I'll register one for you.
+unused block with enough room for expansion: 32 to 256 ioctl commands
+should suffice. You can register the block by patching this file and
+submitting the patch through :doc:`usual patch submission process
+</process/submitting-patches>`.
 
 The second argument to _IO, _IOW, _IOR, or _IOWR is a sequence number
 to distinguish ioctls from each other.  The third argument to _IOW,