Subject: Re: Question on ioctl
To: David Laight <dsl@l8s.co.uk>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 02/15/2002 20:37:39 
> Is this format for 'request' enforced anywhere in NetBsd, or is
> it just a convention?

Well, this is used to copy the argument between kernel and user space. So
if you don't follow it, be sure to mark the ioctl as IOC_VOID.

I am not sure what you are trying to achive, but it sounds like an ugly
and unnecessary hack.


Martin