1.\" $OpenBSD: ieee80211_ioctl.9,v 1.5 2013/07/17 20:21:53 schwarze 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.\" $Id: ieee80211_ioctl.9,v 1.5 2013/07/17 20:21:53 schwarze Exp $ 30.\" 31.Dd $Mdocdate: July 17 2013 $ 32.Dt IEEE80211_IOCTL 9 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm ieee80211_ioctl 36.Nd 802.11 interface ioctl commands 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.In net80211/ieee80211_var.h 39.In net80211/ieee80211_proto.h 40.In net80211/ieee80211_ioctl.h 41.Ft int 42.Fn ieee80211_ioctl "struct ifnet *ifp" "u_long cmd" "caddr_t data" 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44These 45functions are typically invoked by drivers in response to requests 46for information or to change settings from the userland. 47.Pp 48.\" 49The 50.Fn ieee80211_ioctl 51function provides a default implementation of the 52.Dv SIOCS80211 53and 54.Dv SIOCG80211 55ifioctls commands for 802.11 drivers. 56The call signature is identical to that of the 57.Va if_ioctl 58member found in 59.Vt struct ifnet , 60however, many drivers store attributes such as 61.Dv IEEE80211_IOC_STATIONNAME 62in the driver's private soft state structure, so driver writers may prefer 63to use this as the catch-all in a switch statement to avoid code duplication. 64.\" 65.Sh SEE ALSO 66.Xr ifconfig 8 , 67.Xr ieee80211 9 68.Sh HISTORY 69The 70.Nm ieee80211 71series of functions first appeared in 72.Nx 1.5 , 73and were later ported to 74.Fx 4.6 75and 76.Ox 3.6 . 77.Sh AUTHORS 78.An -nosplit 79This man page was written by 80.An Bruce M. Simpson Aq Mt bms@FreeBSD.org 81and 82.An Darron Broad Aq Mt darron@kewl.org . 83