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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-09-30 13:34:46 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-09-30 13:34:46 +0000 |
commit | 1a954502d4f34f44a7b1d861ea2dadc117ca6a64 (patch) | |
tree | c7b898cf8e5ce76d3a48861f4fb2ad4eb556a748 /share | |
parent | abd7c8704bf3508a2f8dde80d8b38367cbaedba5 (diff) | |
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Document ioctls differently, like is done in other section four manpages.
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-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/ipmi.4 | 98 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 60 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ipmi.4 b/share/man/man4/ipmi.4 index 063b740..11b78ca 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ipmi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ipmi.4 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 20, 2006 +.Dd September 30, 2006 .Dt IPMI 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -33,28 +33,6 @@ .Nd "OpenIPMI compatible IPMI interface driver" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "device ipmi" -.Pp -.In sys/ipmi.h -.Ft int -.Fn ioctl "int d" "IPMICTL_RECEIVE_MSG_TRUNC" "struct ipmi_recv *" -.Ft int -.Fn ioctl "int d" "IPMICTL_RECEIVE_MSG" "struct ipmi_recv *" -.Ft int -.Fn ioctl "int d" "IPMICTL_SEND_COMMAND" "struct ipmi_req *" -.Ft int -.Fn ioctl "int d" "IPMICTL_REGISTER_FOR_CMD" "struct ipmi_cmdspec *" -.Ft int -.Fn ioctl "int d" "IPMICTL_UNREGISTER_FOR_CMD" "struct ipmi_cmdspec *" -.Ft int -.Fn ioctl "int d" "IPMICTL_SET_GETS_EVENTS_CMD" "int *" -.Ft int -.Fn ioctl "int d" "IPMICTL_SET_MY_ADDRESS_CMD" "unsigned int *" -.Ft int -.Fn ioctl "int d" "IPMICTL_GET_MY_ADDRESS_CMD" "unsigned int *" -.Ft int -.Fn ioctl "int d" "IPMICTL_SET_MY_LUN_CMD" "unsigned int *" -.Ft int -.Fn ioctl "int d" "IPMICTL_GET_MY_LUN_CMD" "unsigned int *" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Tn IPMI @@ -73,28 +51,27 @@ The driver in .Fx is heavily adopted from the standard and -.Lx +.Tn Linux driver; however, not all features described in the standard are supported. -.Sh IOCTL +.Sh IOCTLS Sending and receiving messages through the .Nm -driver requires the use of IOCTLs. -The IOCTLs are used due to the complexity of +driver requires the use of +.Xr ioctl 2 . +The ioctls are used due to the complexity of data sent to and from the device. -Currently the following IOCTLs are defined: -.Pp -.Dv IPMI_IOC_MAGIC -The magic IOCTL value for this interface. -.Pp -.Dv IPMICTL_RECEIVE_MSG_TRUNC -Like -.Dv RECEIVE_MSG -but if the message can not fit into the buffer, it -will truncate the contents instead of leaving the data -in the buffer. -.Pp -.Dv IPMICTL_RECEIVE_MSG +The +.Xr ioctl 2 +command codes below are defined in +.In sys/ipmi.h . +The third argument to +.Xr ioctl 2 +should be a pointer to the type indicated. +.Pp +Currently the following ioctls are supported: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Dv IPMICTL_RECEIVE_MSG Pq Vt "struct ipmi_recv" Receive a message. Possible error values: .Bl -tag -width Er @@ -106,8 +83,13 @@ An address supplied was invalid. The address could not fit in the message buffer and will remain in the buffer. .El -.Pp -.Dv IPMICTL_SEND_COMMAND +.It Dv IPMICTL_RECEIVE_MSG_TRUNC Pq Vt "struct ipmi_recv" +Like +.Dv IPMICTL_RECEIVE_MSG +but if the message cannot fit into the buffer, it +will truncate the contents instead of leaving the data +in the buffer. +.It Dv IPMICTL_SEND_COMMAND Pq Vt "struct ipmi_req" Send a message to the interface. Possible error values: .Bl -tag -width Er @@ -116,22 +98,18 @@ An address supplied was invalid .It Bq Er ENOMEM Buffers could not be allowed for the command, out of memory. .El -.Pp -.Dv IPMICTL_SET_MY_ADDRESS_CMD +.It Dv IPMICTL_SET_MY_ADDRESS_CMD Pq Vt "unsigned int" Set the slave address for source messages. -.Pp -.Dv IPMICTL_GET_MY_ADDRESS_CMD +.It Dv IPMICTL_GET_MY_ADDRESS_CMD Pq Vt "unsigned int" Get the slave address for source messages. -.Pp -.Dv IPMICTL_SET_MY_LUN_CMD +.It Dv IPMICTL_SET_MY_LUN_CMD Pq Vt "unsigned int" Set the slave LUN for source messages. -.Pp -.Dv IPMICTL_GET_MY_LUN_CMD +.It Dv IPMICTL_GET_MY_LUN_CMD Pq Vt "unsigned int" Get the slave LUN for source messages. -.Pp -.Ss Unimplemented IOCTLS: -.Pp -.Dv IPMICTL_REGISTER_FOR_CMD +.El +.Ss Unimplemented Ioctls +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Dv IPMICTL_REGISTER_FOR_CMD Pq Vt "struct ipmi_cmdspec" Register to receive a specfic command Possible error values: .Bl -tag -width Er @@ -142,8 +120,7 @@ The network function/command is already in use. .It Bq Er ENOMEM Could not allocate memory. .El -.Pp -.Dv IPMICTL_UNREGISTER_FOR_CMD +.It Dv IPMICTL_UNREGISTER_FOR_CMD Pq Vt "struct ipmi_cmdspec" Unregister to receive a specific command Possible error values: .Bl -tag -width Er @@ -152,16 +129,17 @@ An address supplied was invalid. .It Bq Er ENOENT The network function/command was not found. .El -.Pp -.Ss Stub only IOCTL: -.Pp -.Dv IPMICTL_SET_GETS_EVENTS_CMD +.El +.Ss Stub Only Ioctl +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Dv IPMICTL_SET_GETS_EVENTS_CMD Pq Vt int Set whether this interface receives events. Possible error values: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EFAULT An address supplied was invalid. .El +.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ioctl 2 , .Xr watchdog 4 , |