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authorjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1997-10-08 09:14:15 +0000
committerjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1997-10-08 09:14:15 +0000
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Mention SIOC[SG]IFGENERIC.
Prodded by: jkh
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@@ -205,6 +205,12 @@ VGA graphics to syscons ttys (sort of like Linux's libSVGA).
Xntpd's syslogging has been moved out into a facility of its own
(LOG_NTP, userland name "ntp").
+A new pair of ioctl's has been added: SIOC[SG]IFGENERIC. The intent
+is to provide for a hook to pass arbitrary ioctl subcommands down to a
+network interface driver. This is for example necesseray for PPP
+drivers to communicate things like CHAP names and secrets, or variable
+options between the driver and a userland utility.
+
2. Supported Configurations
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