Technical Reference: Communications, Volume 1

dlcioctl Entry Point of the GDLC Device Manager

Purpose

Issues specific commands to generic data link control (GDLC).

Syntax

#include <sys/device.h>
#include <sys/gdlextcb.h>

int dlcioctl (devno, op, arg, devflag, chan, ext)

Note: The dlc prefix is replaced with the three-digit prefix for the specific GDLC device manager being controlled.

The dlcioctl entry point is called when an application program invokes the ioctl subroutine or when a kernel user calls the fp_ioctl kernel service. The dlcioctl routine decodes commands for special functions in the GDLC.

Parameters

devno	Indicates major and minor device numbers. This is a dev_t device number that specifies both the major and minor device numbers of the GDLC device manager. One dev_t device number exists for each type of GDLC, such as Ethernet, Token-Ring, or SDLC.
op	Specifies the parameter from the subroutine that specifies the operation to be performed. See "ioctl Operations (op) for DLC" for a list of all possible operators.
arg	Indicates the parameter from the subroutine that specifies the address of a parameter block. See "Parameter Blocks by ioctl Operation for DLC" for a list of all possible arguments.
devflag	Specifies the flag word with the following flags defined: DKERNEL Entry point called by kernel routine using the fp_open kernel service. This indicates that the arg parameter points to kernel space. DREAD Open for reading. This flag is ignored. DWRITE Open for writing. This flag is ignored. DAPPEND Open for appending. This flag is ignored. DNDELAY Device open in nonblocking mode. This flag is ignored.
chan	Specifies the channel ID assigned by GDLC in the dlcmpx routine at open time.
ext	Specifies the extended subroutine parameter. This parameter is ignored by GDLC.

Return Values

The following return values are defined in the /usr/include/sys/errno.h file.

0	Indicates a successful operation.
EBADF	Indicates a bad file number.
EINVAL	Indicates an invalid value.
ENOMEM	Indicates insufficient resources to satisfy the ioctl subroutine.

Implementation Specifics

Each GDLC supports the dlcioctl entry point as its switch table entry for the ioctl subroutine. The file system calls this entry point from the process environment only.

Related Information

The ioctl subroutine.

The ddioctl device driver entry point.

The dlcmpx entry point of the GDLC device manager.

ioctl Operations (op) for DLC.

The fp_ioctl kernel service, fp_open kernel service.

Generic Data Link Control (GDLC) Environment Overview in AIX 5L Version 5.1 Communications Programming Concepts.