IOCTL Linux device driver [closed]
Can anyone explain me, What is IOCTL ? What is it used for? How can I use it? Why can't I define new function that does the same work as IOCTL ? Inductiveload An ioctl , which means "input-output control" is a kind of device-specific system call. There are only a few system calls in Linux (300-400), which are not enough to express all the unique functions devices may have. So a driver can define an ioctl which allows a userspace application to send it orders. However, ioctls are not very flexible and tend to get a bit cluttered (dozens of "magic numbers" which just work... or not), and can