- the
complexity involved in
invoking system calls. The same is true for
ioctls,
where driver interfaces usually come with a user
space library. (E.g. Mesa...
-
implementation of the
remaining ioctls not
covered by DRM core, but it may also
extend the API,
offering additional ioctls with
extra functionality only...
- POSIX/SUS-compatible.
Kernel mode
Linux kernel stat, splice, dup, read, open,
ioctl, write, mmap, close, exit, etc. (about 380
system calls) The
Linux kernel...
- code is now used to
indicate that an
invalid ioctl (input/output control)
number was
specified in an
ioctl system call. This
error originated in early...
-
kernel component evdev is
called libevdev.
Libevdev abstracts the
evdev ioctls through type-safe
interfaces and
provides functions to
change the appearance...
-
AF_NETLINK socket family.
Netlink is
designed to be a more
flexible successor to
ioctl; RFC 3549
describes the
protocol in detail.
Netlink was
created by Alexey...
- ncurses. For more
complex operations, the
programs can use
terminal specific ioctl system calls. For an application, the
simplest way to use a
terminal is...
-
system calls of the
Direct Rendering Manager,
especially the driver-private
ioctls for the
command submission, are not part of the
POSIX specifications. Advanced...
- with an
ioctl interface may also include: /dev/pf –
allows userland processes to
control PF
through an
ioctl interface. /dev/bio –
provides ioctl access...
- On the
Linux version of OpenBinder, the
communication is
achieved using ioctls on a
given file descriptor,
communicating with a
kernel driver. The kernel-side...
