On Monday, September 29, 2014 8:36:22 am Andrew Rybchenko wrote: > Hello, > > we need to add private ioctl to the driver sfxge(4) to make FW update, > do internal diagnostics commands etc. > We see at least two approaches in other drivers: > 1. SIOCGPRIVATE_0/ SIOCGPRIVATE_1 on net device > 2. dedicated char device with its own ioctl's > > Is there any recommendations on which way is preferred?
I would be inclined towards 2). It is more flexible if you need to add more custom ioctls in the future. -- John Baldwin _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
