FreeBSD Device Drivers

Implementing ioctl

Example 3-1 is a revision of Example 2-1 that adds in a d_ioctl function. As you’ll see, this d_ioctl function handles two ioctl commands.

Note

Take a quick look at this code and try to discern some of its structure. If you don’t understand all of it, don’t worry; an explanation follows.

Example 3-1. echo-3.0.c

#include <sys/param.h>
  #include <sys/module.h>
  #include <sys/kernel.h>
  #include <sys/systm.h>

  #include <sys/conf.h>
  #include <sys/uio.h>
  #include <sys/malloc.h>
  #include <sys/ioccom.h>

  MALLOC_DEFINE(M_ECHO, "echo_buffer", "buffer for echo driver");

 #define ECHO_CLEAR_BUFFER       _IO('E', 1)
 #define ECHO_SET_BUFFER_SIZE _IOW('E', ...