Title: ip_ioctl()


ip_ioctl(fd, req) performs one of several tasks on the ip file descriptor whose index within ip_fd_table[] is fd, the first parameter. The task performed depends on req, the second parameter.

NWIOSIPOPT: Set the options (the if_ipopt field of the ip file descriptor) on the ip file descriptor. For example, during the initialization of a physical udp port, ip_ioctl() is called with req equal to NWIOSIPOPT.

An example of an ip iption (i.e., ip flag) is the NWIO_EN_BROAD flag. This flag is set if the ip file descriptor accepts broadcast packets. The options desired are obtained from the user process. For example, if a udp port opened up the ip file descriptor, udp_get_data() is (indirectly) called to obtain the configuration data.

NWIOGIPOPT: Send the ip file descriptor's options to the user process requesting the information. The information is sent in a struct of type nwio_ipopt_t.

NWIOSIPCONF: Configure the ip port (for example, the ip address can be configured) that corresponds to the ip file descriptor fd. The fields are obtained from the user process. For a detailed description of the different settings, click here.

NWIOGIPCONF: Send the ip address/subnet information (i.e., send a nwio_ipconf_t struct) to the next higher layer. For example, if the next higher layer is udp, ip_ioctl() calls (indirectly) udp_put_data(), which sets the ip address for the udp port (i.e., sets the up_ipaddr field of the corresponding element in udp_port_table[]).

NWIOGIPIROUTE, NWIOSIPIROUTE, NWIOGIPOROUTE, NWIODIPIROUTE, NWIOSIPOROUTE: It is possible to influence the route taken by a packet. These ioctl requests alter the input and output routing tables.