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diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.4.5/linux/include/asm-mips/ioctl.h linux/include/asm-mips/ioctl.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
  * for more details.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 by Ralf Baechle
+ * Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 2001 by Ralf Baechle
  */
 #ifndef __ASM_MIPS_IOCTL_H
 #define __ASM_MIPS_IOCTL_H
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@
 #define _IOC_DIRSHIFT	(_IOC_SIZESHIFT+_IOC_SIZEBITS)
 
 /*
- * We to additionally limit parameters to a maximum 255 bytes.
- */
-#define _IOC_SLMASK	0xff
-
-/*
  * Direction bits _IOC_NONE could be 0, but OSF/1 gives it a bit.
  * And this turns out useful to catch old ioctl numbers in header
  * files for us.
@@ -65,7 +60,7 @@
 	(((dir)  << _IOC_DIRSHIFT) | \
 	 ((type) << _IOC_TYPESHIFT) | \
 	 ((nr)   << _IOC_NRSHIFT) | \
-	 (((size) & _IOC_SLMASK) << _IOC_SIZESHIFT))
+	 ((size) << _IOC_SIZESHIFT))
 
 /* used to create numbers */
 #define _IO(type,nr)		_IOC(_IOC_NONE,(type),(nr),0)

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