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Subject: Re: [RFC] Should we create a raw input interface for IR's ?
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Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> writes:

> Why would sysfs write be slower than ioctl?

Sysfs is generally one-value, one-file. open, read/write, close.
ioctl() OTOH does everything (e.g. a whole key table) in one syscall.
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Krzysztof Halasa