1.\" $NetBSD: ieee80211_ioctl.9,v 1.2 2005/04/25 14:36:48 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Bruce M. Simpson <bms@spc.org> 4.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Darron Broad <darron@kewl.org> 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 17.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 19.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 20.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 21.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 22.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 23.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 25.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 26.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 28.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man9/ieee80211_ioctl.9,v 1.2 2004/07/07 12:59:39 ru Exp $ 29.\" 30.Dd March 2, 2004 31.Dt IEEE80211_IOCTL 9 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm ieee80211_cfgget , ieee80211_cfgset , ieee80211_ioctl 35.Nd 802.11 interface ioctl commands 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.In net80211/ieee80211_var.h 38.In net80211/ieee80211_proto.h 39.In net80211/ieee80211_ioctl.h 40.Ft int 41.Fn ieee80211_cfgget "struct ifnet *ifp" "u_long cmd" "caddr_t data" 42.Ft int 43.Fn ieee80211_cfgset "struct ifnet *ifp" "u_long cmd" "caddr_t data" 44.Ft int 45.Fn ieee80211_ioctl "struct ifnet *ifp" "u_long cmd" "caddr_t data" 46.Sh DESCRIPTION 47These 48functions are typically invoked by drivers in response to requests 49for information or to change settings from the userland. 50.Pp 51.\" 52The 53.Fn ieee80211_cfgget 54and 55.Fn ieee80211_cfgset 56functions implement a legacy interface for getting and setting 802.11 57interface attributes respectively. 58The interface is compatible with the RIDs implemented by the legacy 59.Xr owi 4 60driver and used by the 61.Xr wicontrol 8 62utility. 63.Pp 64.\" 65The 66.Fn ieee80211_ioctl 67function provides a default implementation of the 68.Dv SIOCS80211 69and 70.Dv SIOCG80211 71ifioctls commands for 802.11 drivers. 72The call signature is identical to that of the 73.Va if_ioctl 74member found in 75.Vt struct ifnet , 76however, many drivers store attributes such as 77.Dv IEEE80211_IOC_STATIONNAME 78in the driver's private soft state structure, so driver writers may prefer 79to use this as the catch-all in a switch statement to avoid code duplication. 80.\" 81.Sh SEE ALSO 82.Xr owi 4 , 83.Xr ifconfig 8 , 84.Xr wicontrol 8 , 85.Xr ieee80211 9 , 86.Xr ifnet 9 87.Sh HISTORY 88The 89.Nm ieee80211 90series of functions first appeared in 91.Nx 1.5 , 92and were later ported to 93.Fx 4.6 . 94.Sh AUTHORS 95.An -nosplit 96This man page was written by 97.An Bruce M. Simpson Aq bms@FreeBSD.org 98and 99.An Darron Broad Aq darron@kewl.org . 100