Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 01:43:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Dave Chapeskie <dchapes@zeus.leitch.com> To: jfrancis@frii.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Device Driver ioctl() help Message-ID: <199604220543.BAA01869@tap.zeus.leitch.com> In-Reply-To: <199604220432.WAA06308@deimos.frii.com>
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In message <199604220432.WAA06308@deimos.frii.com> jfrancis@frii.com writes:
>#define JOY_SETTIMEOUT _IOW('J', 1, int) /* set timeout */
[...]
> Ok, it looks like the 'J' has something to do with a "group",
>but what kind of group? How is this value chosen and what does it do?
Get a good book on writing device drivers. Typically you just use
group 0 unless you know what you're doing. _IO is used when no data is
needed; _IOR when you need data returned from the driver; _IOW when you
want data passed into the driver; and _IOWR to pass the data both ways.
> In my user-level code, I can call `ioctl(fd,STUFF,0x69)'. In
Ack!! RTFM, ioctl's third argument is a pointer.
ie: header:
#define MYDEV_CMD1 _IOW(0,1,int)
user code:
int arg = 42;
ioctl(fd,MYDEV_CMD1,&arg)
driver code:
int
mydev_ioctl(dev_t dev, int cmd, caddr_t data, int flags, struct proc *p)
{
switch(cmd) {
case MYDEV_CMD1:
if( *(int*)data == 42 )
....
>Obviously I'm missing something, but none
>of the kernel books I have tell me what, and I can't seem to sort it
>out.
I think you need a better book. I can't recommend one at the moment
since I'm not at work where my bookshelf is.
--
Dave Chapeskie
Leitch Technology International Inc.
Email: dchapes@zeus.leitch.com
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