NAME
ieee80211_ioctl —
802.11 interface ioctl
commands
SYNOPSIS
#include
<net80211/ieee80211_var.h>
#include
<net80211/ieee80211_proto.h>
#include
<net80211/ieee80211_ioctl.h>
int
ieee80211_ioctl(struct
ifnet *ifp, u_long
cmd, caddr_t
data);
DESCRIPTION
These functions are typically invoked by drivers in response to requests for information or to change settings from the userland.
The
ieee80211_ioctl()
function provides a default implementation of the
SIOCS80211 and SIOCG80211
ifioctls commands for 802.11 drivers. The call signature is identical to
that of the if_ioctl member found in
struct ifnet, however, many drivers store attributes
such as IEEE80211_IOC_STATIONNAME in the driver's
private soft state structure, so driver writers may prefer to use this as
the catch-all in a switch statement to avoid code duplication.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The ieee80211 series of functions first
appeared in NetBSD 1.5, and were later ported to
FreeBSD 4.6 and OpenBSD
3.6.
AUTHORS
This man page was written by Bruce M. Simpson <bms@FreeBSD.org> and Darron Broad <darron@kewl.org>.