Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 12:23:04 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Etienne de Bruin <Etienne.Debruin@KryptoKom.DE> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (Hackers FreeBSD) Subject: Re: ioctl naming conventions Message-ID: <199810111923.MAA00824@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 11 Oct 1998 10:50:33 %2B0200." <199810110850.KAA10939@borg.kryptokom.de>
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> what are the ioctl signals supposed to be called?
>
> #define SIOxxxxxxx _IO('i',200,type)
>
> i presume SIO stands for socket io? i know that what i end up
> defining the signals as doesn't really matter, but i'd like to
> follow protocol.
SIOC - socket I/O control.
S/G - set/get
xxxx - whatever you're manipulating.
eg. SIOCGHWADDR gets the hardware address.
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