ioctl(9E)

SunOS 4.1 system:

	int xxioctl(dev, cmd, data, flag)
 	dev_t		dev;
 	int		cmd, flag;
 	caddr_t		data;

SunOS 5.7 system:

	int xxioctl(dev_t dev, int cmd, intptr_t arg, int mode,
 		cred_t *credp, int *rvalp);

In the SunOS 4.1 system, ioctl(9E) command arguments were defined as follows:

	#define XXIOCTL1  _IOR(m, 1, u_int)

The _IOR( ), _IOW( ), and _IOWR( ) macros were used to encode the direction and size of the data transfer. The kernel would then automatically copy the data into or out of the kernel. This is no longer the case. To do a data transfer, the driver is now required to use ddi_copyin(9F) and ddi_copyout(9F) explicitly. Do not dereference arg directly.

In addition, use the new method of a left-shifted letter OR'ed with number:

	#define XXIOC     (`x'<<8)
 	#define XXIOCTL1  (XXIOC | 1)

The credential pointer can be used to check credentials on the call (with drv_priv(9F)), and the return value pointer can be used to return a value that has meaning (as opposed to the old method of always getting zero back for success). This number should be positive to avoid confusion with applications that check for ioctl(2) returning a negative value for failure.