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Documentation: ioctl-number: Update outdated submission info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/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20250502074504.26933-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com>

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Bagas Sanjaya and committed by
Jonathan Corbet 40e71e32 c0fe189b

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Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
··· 28 28 many drivers share a partial letter with other drivers. 29 29 30 30 If you are writing a driver for a new device and need a letter, pick an 31 - unused block with enough room for expansion: 32 to 256 ioctl commands. 32 - You can register the block by patching this file and submitting the 33 - patch to Linus Torvalds. Or you can e-mail me at <mec@shout.net> and 34 - I'll register one for you. 31 + unused block with enough room for expansion: 32 to 256 ioctl commands 32 + should suffice. You can register the block by patching this file and 33 + submitting the patch through :doc:`usual patch submission process 34 + </process/submitting-patches>`. 35 35 36 36 The second argument to _IO, _IOW, _IOR, or _IOWR is a sequence number 37 37 to distinguish ioctls from each other. The third argument to _IOW,