Re: do_ioctl of net_devce and .private entry point of iw_handler_def

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On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 05:02:47PM +0530, [email protected] wrote:
>  I have a doubt regarding the do_ioctl entry point of net_device
>  structure and .private entry point of iw_handler_def structure. I
>  went through the wireless drivers in Linux. Some of them have
>  implemented do_ioctl entry point of net_device structure to define
>  their private IOCTLS ( from SIOCIWFIRSTPRIV to SIOCIWFIRSTPRIV+31)
>  where some drivers have used .private entry point of iw_handler_def
>  structure for the same. So are these two interfaces for private
>  IOCTLs same ?

No, they are not the same.  the '.private' entry point for IW_HANDLER is=20
for so-called "private wireless extensions".  linux-wlan-ng does not=20
implemnet anything this way; instead it uses the standard linux=20
ioctl handler to handle its own private ioctls, via the p80211msg=20
framework.

 - Solomon
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