DEV_IOCTL

Section: (9)
Updated: 09 April 2004
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NAME

dev_ioctl - network device ioctl  

SYNOPSIS

int dev_ioctl (unsigned int cmd, void * arg);  

ARGUMENTS

cmd
command to issue
arg
pointer to a struct ifreq in user space
 

DESCRIPTION

Issue ioctl functions to devices. This is normally called by the user space syscall interfaces but can sometimes be useful for other purposes. The return value is the return from the syscall if positive or a negative errno code on error.  

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