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Casts the data argument to a data structure of type ifdevea for use with the SIOCRPHYSADDR ioctl command.

Casts the data argument to a data structure of type ctrreq for use with the SIOCRDCTRS and SIOCRDZCTRS ioctl commands.

Casts the data argument to a data structure of type ifchar for use with the SIOCIFSETCHAR ioctl command.

Declares a lock_on variable and sets it to the value 1 (true), which indicates that the simple lock is held. The el_ioctl( ) routine sets this variable to the value 0 (false) when the simple lock is no longer in effect.

Declares a status variable and sets it to the constant ESUCCESS.

Declares an ifmtu variable that stores the requested MTU value for the SIOCIPMTU command.

Declares a speed variable that stores the requested network speed for the SIOCMACSPEED command.

Declares an mclist_buf buffer, which holds a character string. This string is a list of all multicast addresses currently in use on the device.

12.2Determining Whether the User Has Removed the PCMCIA Card from the Slot

The following code shows how the el_ioctl( ) routine determines whether the user has removed the PCMCIA card from the slot:

if (sc->cardout) return(EIO);

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Examines the value of the cardout member of the el_softc data structure for this device. If it is set to 1 (true), the user has removed the PCMCIA card from the slot, and the driver returns the EIO error constant to indicate an I/O error.

12.3 Setting the IPL and Obtaining the Simple Lock

The following code shows how the el_ioctl( ) routine sets the IPL and obtains the simple lock:

s = splimp(); 1

simple_lock(&sc->el_softc_lock);

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Calls the splimp( ) routine to mask all LAN hardware interrupts. On successful completion, splimp( ) stores an integer value in the s variable that represents the CPU priority level that existed before the call to splimp( ).

Calls the simple_lock( ) routine to assert a lock with exclusive access for the resource that is associated with el_softc_lock. This means that no other kernel thread can gain access to the locked resource until

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