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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000
committerRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2008-11-14 17:28:53 +0000
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-Ioctl Numbers
-19 October 1999
-Michael Elizabeth Chastain
-<mec@shout.net>
-
-If you are adding new ioctl's to the kernel, you should use the _IO
-macros defined in <linux/ioctl.h>:
-
- _IO an ioctl with no parameters
- _IOW an ioctl with write parameters (copy_from_user)
- _IOR an ioctl with read parameters (copy_to_user)
- _IOWR an ioctl with both write and read parameters.
-
-'Write' and 'read' are from the user's point of view, just like the
-system calls 'write' and 'read'. For example, a SET_FOO ioctl would
-be _IOW, although the kernel would actually read data from user space;
-a GET_FOO ioctl would be _IOR, although the kernel would actually write
-data to user space.
-
-The first argument to _IO, _IOW, _IOR, or _IOWR is an identifying letter
-or number from the table below. Because of the large number of drivers,
-many drivers share a partial letter with other drivers.
-
-If you are writing a driver for a new device and need a letter, pick an
-unused block with enough room for expansion: 32 to 256 ioctl commands.
-You can register the block by patching this file and submitting the
-patch to Linus Torvalds. Or you can e-mail me at <mec@shout.net> and
-I'll register one for you.
-
-The second argument to _IO, _IOW, _IOR, or _IOWR is a sequence number
-to distinguish ioctls from each other. The third argument to _IOW,
-_IOR, or _IOWR is the type of the data going into the kernel or coming
-out of the kernel (e.g. 'int' or 'struct foo'). NOTE! Do NOT use
-sizeof(arg) as the third argument as this results in your ioctl thinking
-it passes an argument of type size_t.
-
-Some devices use their major number as the identifier; this is OK, as
-long as it is unique. Some devices are irregular and don't follow any
-convention at all.
-
-Following this convention is good because:
-
-(1) Keeping the ioctl's globally unique helps error checking:
- if a program calls an ioctl on the wrong device, it will get an
- error rather than some unexpected behaviour.
-
-(2) The 'strace' build procedure automatically finds ioctl numbers
- defined with _IO, _IOW, _IOR, or _IOWR.
-
-(3) 'strace' can decode numbers back into useful names when the
- numbers are unique.
-
-(4) People looking for ioctls can grep for them more easily when
- this convention is used to define the ioctl numbers.
-
-(5) When following the convention, the driver code can use generic
- code to copy the parameters between user and kernel space.
-
-This table lists ioctls visible from user land for Linux/i386. It contains
-most drivers up to 2.3.14, but I know I am missing some.
-
-Code Seq# Include File Comments
-========================================================
-0x00 00-1F linux/fs.h conflict!
-0x00 00-1F scsi/scsi_ioctl.h conflict!
-0x00 00-1F linux/fb.h conflict!
-0x00 00-1F linux/wavefront.h conflict!
-0x02 all linux/fd.h
-0x03 all linux/hdreg.h
-0x04 D2-DC linux/umsdos_fs.h Dead since 2.6.11, but don't reuse these.
-0x06 all linux/lp.h
-0x09 all linux/md.h
-0x12 all linux/fs.h
- linux/blkpg.h
-0x1b all InfiniBand Subsystem <http://www.openib.org/>
-0x20 all drivers/cdrom/cm206.h
-0x22 all scsi/sg.h
-'#' 00-3F IEEE 1394 Subsystem Block for the entire subsystem
-'1' 00-1F <linux/timepps.h> PPS kit from Ulrich Windl
- <ftp://ftp.de.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/ntp/PPS/>
-'8' all SNP8023 advanced NIC card
- <mailto:mcr@solidum.com>
-'A' 00-1F linux/apm_bios.h
-'B' C0-FF advanced bbus
- <mailto:maassen@uni-freiburg.de>
-'C' all linux/soundcard.h
-'D' all asm-s390/dasd.h
-'E' all linux/input.h
-'F' all linux/fb.h
-'H' all linux/hiddev.h
-'I' all linux/isdn.h
-'J' 00-1F drivers/scsi/gdth_ioctl.h
-'K' all linux/kd.h
-'L' 00-1F linux/loop.h
-'L' 20-2F driver/usb/misc/vstusb.h
-'L' E0-FF linux/ppdd.h encrypted disk device driver
- <http://linux01.gwdg.de/~alatham/ppdd.html>
-'M' all linux/soundcard.h
-'N' 00-1F drivers/usb/scanner.h
-'P' all linux/soundcard.h
-'Q' all linux/soundcard.h
-'R' 00-1F linux/random.h
-'S' all linux/cdrom.h conflict!
-'S' 80-81 scsi/scsi_ioctl.h conflict!
-'S' 82-FF scsi/scsi.h conflict!
-'T' all linux/soundcard.h conflict!
-'T' all asm-i386/ioctls.h conflict!
-'U' 00-EF linux/drivers/usb/usb.h
-'V' all linux/vt.h
-'W' 00-1F linux/watchdog.h conflict!
-'W' 00-1F linux/wanrouter.h conflict!
-'X' all linux/xfs_fs.h
-'Y' all linux/cyclades.h
-'[' 00-07 linux/usb/usbtmc.h USB Test and Measurement Devices
- <mailto:gregkh@suse.de>
-'a' all ATM on linux
- <http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/linux-atm/magic.html>
-'b' 00-FF bit3 vme host bridge
- <mailto:natalia@nikhefk.nikhef.nl>
-'c' 00-7F linux/comstats.h conflict!
-'c' 00-7F linux/coda.h conflict!
-'c' 80-9F asm-s390/chsc.h
-'d' 00-FF linux/char/drm/drm/h conflict!
-'d' 00-DF linux/video_decoder.h conflict!
-'d' F0-FF linux/digi1.h
-'e' all linux/digi1.h conflict!
-'e' 00-1F linux/video_encoder.h conflict!
-'e' 00-1F net/irda/irtty.h conflict!
-'f' 00-1F linux/ext2_fs.h
-'h' 00-7F Charon filesystem
- <mailto:zapman@interlan.net>
-'i' 00-3F linux/i2o.h
-'j' 00-3F linux/joystick.h
-'l' 00-3F linux/tcfs_fs.h transparent cryptographic file system
- <http://mikonos.dia.unisa.it/tcfs>
-'l' 40-7F linux/udf_fs_i.h in development:
- <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-udf/>
-'m' all linux/mtio.h conflict!
-'m' all linux/soundcard.h conflict!
-'m' all linux/synclink.h conflict!
-'m' 00-1F net/irda/irmod.h conflict!
-'n' 00-7F linux/ncp_fs.h
-'n' E0-FF video/matrox.h matroxfb
-'o' 00-1F fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h OCFS2
-'p' 00-0F linux/phantom.h conflict! (OpenHaptics needs this)
-'p' 00-3F linux/mc146818rtc.h conflict!
-'p' 40-7F linux/nvram.h
-'p' 80-9F user-space parport
- <mailto:tim@cyberelk.net>
-'q' 00-1F linux/serio.h
-'q' 80-FF Internet PhoneJACK, Internet LineJACK
- <http://www.quicknet.net>
-'r' 00-1F linux/msdos_fs.h
-'s' all linux/cdk.h
-'t' 00-7F linux/if_ppp.h
-'t' 80-8F linux/isdn_ppp.h
-'u' 00-1F linux/smb_fs.h
-'v' 00-1F linux/ext2_fs.h conflict!
-'v' all linux/videodev.h conflict!
-'w' all CERN SCI driver
-'y' 00-1F packet based user level communications
- <mailto:zapman@interlan.net>
-'z' 00-3F CAN bus card
- <mailto:hdstich@connectu.ulm.circular.de>
-'z' 40-7F CAN bus card
- <mailto:oe@port.de>
-0x80 00-1F linux/fb.h
-0x81 00-1F linux/videotext.h
-0x89 00-06 asm-i386/sockios.h
-0x89 0B-DF linux/sockios.h
-0x89 E0-EF linux/sockios.h SIOCPROTOPRIVATE range
-0x89 F0-FF linux/sockios.h SIOCDEVPRIVATE range
-0x8B all linux/wireless.h
-0x8C 00-3F WiNRADiO driver
- <http://www.proximity.com.au/~brian/winradio/>
-0x90 00 drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.h
-0x93 60-7F linux/auto_fs.h
-0x99 00-0F 537-Addinboard driver
- <mailto:buk@buks.ipn.de>
-0xA0 all linux/sdp/sdp.h Industrial Device Project
- <mailto:kenji@bitgate.com>
-0xA3 80-8F Port ACL in development:
- <mailto:tlewis@mindspring.com>
-0xA3 90-9F linux/dtlk.h
-0xAB 00-1F linux/nbd.h
-0xAC 00-1F linux/raw.h
-0xAD 00 Netfilter device in development:
- <mailto:rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
-0xAE all linux/kvm.h Kernel-based Virtual Machine
- <mailto:kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
-0xB0 all RATIO devices in development:
- <mailto:vgo@ratio.de>
-0xB1 00-1F PPPoX <mailto:mostrows@styx.uwaterloo.ca>
-0xCB 00-1F CBM serial IEC bus in development:
- <mailto:michael.klein@puffin.lb.shuttle.de>
-0xDD 00-3F ZFCP device driver see drivers/s390/scsi/
- <mailto:aherrman@de.ibm.com>
-0xF3 00-3F video/sisfb.h sisfb (in development)
- <mailto:thomas@winischhofer.net>
-0xF4 00-1F video/mbxfb.h mbxfb
- <mailto:raph@8d.com>