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2
3=============
4Ioctl Numbers
5=============
6
719 October 1999
8
9Michael Elizabeth Chastain
10<mec@shout.net>
11
12If you are adding new ioctl's to the kernel, you should use the _IO
13macros defined in <linux/ioctl.h>:
14
15 ====== == ============================================
16 _IO an ioctl with no parameters
17 _IOW an ioctl with write parameters (copy_from_user)
18 _IOR an ioctl with read parameters (copy_to_user)
19 _IOWR an ioctl with both write and read parameters.
20 ====== == ============================================
21
22'Write' and 'read' are from the user's point of view, just like the
23system calls 'write' and 'read'. For example, a SET_FOO ioctl would
24be _IOW, although the kernel would actually read data from user space;
25a GET_FOO ioctl would be _IOR, although the kernel would actually write
26data to user space.
27
28The first argument to _IO, _IOW, _IOR, or _IOWR is an identifying letter
29or number from the table below. Because of the large number of drivers,
30many drivers share a partial letter with other drivers.
31
32If you are writing a driver for a new device and need a letter, pick an
33unused block with enough room for expansion: 32 to 256 ioctl commands.
34You can register the block by patching this file and submitting the
35patch to Linus Torvalds. Or you can e-mail me at <mec@shout.net> and
36I'll register one for you.
37
38The second argument to _IO, _IOW, _IOR, or _IOWR is a sequence number
39to distinguish ioctls from each other. The third argument to _IOW,
40_IOR, or _IOWR is the type of the data going into the kernel or coming
41out of the kernel (e.g. 'int' or 'struct foo'). NOTE! Do NOT use
42sizeof(arg) as the third argument as this results in your ioctl thinking
43it passes an argument of type size_t.
44
45Some devices use their major number as the identifier; this is OK, as
46long as it is unique. Some devices are irregular and don't follow any
47convention at all.
48
49Following this convention is good because:
50
51(1) Keeping the ioctl's globally unique helps error checking:
52 if a program calls an ioctl on the wrong device, it will get an
53 error rather than some unexpected behaviour.
54
55(2) The 'strace' build procedure automatically finds ioctl numbers
56 defined with _IO, _IOW, _IOR, or _IOWR.
57
58(3) 'strace' can decode numbers back into useful names when the
59 numbers are unique.
60
61(4) People looking for ioctls can grep for them more easily when
62 this convention is used to define the ioctl numbers.
63
64(5) When following the convention, the driver code can use generic
65 code to copy the parameters between user and kernel space.
66
67This table lists ioctls visible from user land for Linux/x86. It contains
68most drivers up to 2.6.31, but I know I am missing some. There has been
69no attempt to list non-X86 architectures or ioctls from drivers/staging/.
70
71==== ===== ======================================================= ================================================================
72Code Seq# Include File Comments
73 (hex)
74==== ===== ======================================================= ================================================================
750x00 00-1F linux/fs.h conflict!
760x00 00-1F scsi/scsi_ioctl.h conflict!
770x00 00-1F linux/fb.h conflict!
780x00 00-1F linux/wavefront.h conflict!
790x02 all linux/fd.h
800x03 all linux/hdreg.h
810x04 D2-DC linux/umsdos_fs.h Dead since 2.6.11, but don't reuse these.
820x06 all linux/lp.h
830x09 all linux/raid/md_u.h
840x10 00-0F drivers/char/s390/vmcp.h
850x10 10-1F arch/s390/include/uapi/sclp_ctl.h
860x10 20-2F arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/hypfs.h
870x12 all linux/fs.h
88 linux/blkpg.h
890x1b all InfiniBand Subsystem
90 <http://infiniband.sourceforge.net/>
910x20 all drivers/cdrom/cm206.h
920x22 all scsi/sg.h
93'!' 00-1F uapi/linux/seccomp.h
94'#' 00-3F IEEE 1394 Subsystem
95 Block for the entire subsystem
96'$' 00-0F linux/perf_counter.h, linux/perf_event.h
97'%' 00-0F include/uapi/linux/stm.h System Trace Module subsystem
98 <mailto:alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
99'&' 00-07 drivers/firewire/nosy-user.h
100'1' 00-1F linux/timepps.h PPS kit from Ulrich Windl
101 <ftp://ftp.de.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/ntp/PPS/>
102'2' 01-04 linux/i2o.h
103'3' 00-0F drivers/s390/char/raw3270.h conflict!
104'3' 00-1F linux/suspend_ioctls.h, conflict!
105 kernel/power/user.c
106'8' all SNP8023 advanced NIC card
107 <mailto:mcr@solidum.com>
108';' 64-7F linux/vfio.h
109'@' 00-0F linux/radeonfb.h conflict!
110'@' 00-0F drivers/video/aty/aty128fb.c conflict!
111'A' 00-1F linux/apm_bios.h conflict!
112'A' 00-0F linux/agpgart.h, conflict!
113 drivers/char/agp/compat_ioctl.h
114'A' 00-7F sound/asound.h conflict!
115'B' 00-1F linux/cciss_ioctl.h conflict!
116'B' 00-0F include/linux/pmu.h conflict!
117'B' C0-FF advanced bbus <mailto:maassen@uni-freiburg.de>
118'C' all linux/soundcard.h conflict!
119'C' 01-2F linux/capi.h conflict!
120'C' F0-FF drivers/net/wan/cosa.h conflict!
121'D' all arch/s390/include/asm/dasd.h
122'D' 40-5F drivers/scsi/dpt/dtpi_ioctl.h
123'D' 05 drivers/scsi/pmcraid.h
124'E' all linux/input.h conflict!
125'E' 00-0F xen/evtchn.h conflict!
126'F' all linux/fb.h conflict!
127'F' 01-02 drivers/scsi/pmcraid.h conflict!
128'F' 20 drivers/video/fsl-diu-fb.h conflict!
129'F' 20 drivers/video/intelfb/intelfb.h conflict!
130'F' 20 linux/ivtvfb.h conflict!
131'F' 20 linux/matroxfb.h conflict!
132'F' 20 drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c conflict!
133'F' 00-0F video/da8xx-fb.h conflict!
134'F' 80-8F linux/arcfb.h conflict!
135'F' DD video/sstfb.h conflict!
136'G' 00-3F drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grulib.h conflict!
137'G' 00-0F linux/gigaset_dev.h conflict!
138'H' 00-7F linux/hiddev.h conflict!
139'H' 00-0F linux/hidraw.h conflict!
140'H' 01 linux/mei.h conflict!
141'H' 02 linux/mei.h conflict!
142'H' 03 linux/mei.h conflict!
143'H' 00-0F sound/asound.h conflict!
144'H' 20-40 sound/asound_fm.h conflict!
145'H' 80-8F sound/sfnt_info.h conflict!
146'H' 10-8F sound/emu10k1.h conflict!
147'H' 10-1F sound/sb16_csp.h conflict!
148'H' 10-1F sound/hda_hwdep.h conflict!
149'H' 40-4F sound/hdspm.h conflict!
150'H' 40-4F sound/hdsp.h conflict!
151'H' 90 sound/usb/usx2y/usb_stream.h
152'H' A0 uapi/linux/usb/cdc-wdm.h
153'H' C0-F0 net/bluetooth/hci.h conflict!
154'H' C0-DF net/bluetooth/hidp/hidp.h conflict!
155'H' C0-DF net/bluetooth/cmtp/cmtp.h conflict!
156'H' C0-DF net/bluetooth/bnep/bnep.h conflict!
157'H' F1 linux/hid-roccat.h <mailto:erazor_de@users.sourceforge.net>
158'H' F8-FA sound/firewire.h
159'I' all linux/isdn.h conflict!
160'I' 00-0F drivers/isdn/divert/isdn_divert.h conflict!
161'I' 40-4F linux/mISDNif.h conflict!
162'J' 00-1F drivers/scsi/gdth_ioctl.h
163'K' all linux/kd.h
164'L' 00-1F linux/loop.h conflict!
165'L' 10-1F drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.h conflict!
166'L' 20-2F linux/lightnvm.h
167'L' E0-FF linux/ppdd.h encrypted disk device driver
168 <http://linux01.gwdg.de/~alatham/ppdd.html>
169'M' all linux/soundcard.h conflict!
170'M' 01-16 mtd/mtd-abi.h conflict!
171 and drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
172'M' 01-03 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.h
173'M' 00-0F drivers/video/fsl-diu-fb.h conflict!
174'N' 00-1F drivers/usb/scanner.h
175'N' 40-7F drivers/block/nvme.c
176'O' 00-06 mtd/ubi-user.h UBI
177'P' all linux/soundcard.h conflict!
178'P' 60-6F sound/sscape_ioctl.h conflict!
179'P' 00-0F drivers/usb/class/usblp.c conflict!
180'P' 01-09 drivers/misc/pci_endpoint_test.c conflict!
181'Q' all linux/soundcard.h
182'R' 00-1F linux/random.h conflict!
183'R' 01 linux/rfkill.h conflict!
184'R' C0-DF net/bluetooth/rfcomm.h
185'S' all linux/cdrom.h conflict!
186'S' 80-81 scsi/scsi_ioctl.h conflict!
187'S' 82-FF scsi/scsi.h conflict!
188'S' 00-7F sound/asequencer.h conflict!
189'T' all linux/soundcard.h conflict!
190'T' 00-AF sound/asound.h conflict!
191'T' all arch/x86/include/asm/ioctls.h conflict!
192'T' C0-DF linux/if_tun.h conflict!
193'U' all sound/asound.h conflict!
194'U' 00-CF linux/uinput.h conflict!
195'U' 00-EF linux/usbdevice_fs.h
196'U' C0-CF drivers/bluetooth/hci_uart.h
197'V' all linux/vt.h conflict!
198'V' all linux/videodev2.h conflict!
199'V' C0 linux/ivtvfb.h conflict!
200'V' C0 linux/ivtv.h conflict!
201'V' C0 media/davinci/vpfe_capture.h conflict!
202'V' C0 media/si4713.h conflict!
203'W' 00-1F linux/watchdog.h conflict!
204'W' 00-1F linux/wanrouter.h conflict! (pre 3.9)
205'W' 00-3F sound/asound.h conflict!
206'W' 40-5F drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
207'X' all fs/xfs/xfs_fs.h, conflict!
208 fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.h,
209 include/linux/falloc.h,
210 linux/fs.h,
211'X' all fs/ocfs2/ocfs_fs.h conflict!
212'X' 01 linux/pktcdvd.h conflict!
213'Y' all linux/cyclades.h
214'Z' 14-15 drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.h
215'[' 00-3F linux/usb/tmc.h USB Test and Measurement Devices
216 <mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
217'a' all linux/atm*.h, linux/sonet.h ATM on linux
218 <http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/>
219'a' 00-0F drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_cfg_common.h conflict! qat driver
220'b' 00-FF conflict! bit3 vme host bridge
221 <mailto:natalia@nikhefk.nikhef.nl>
222'c' all linux/cm4000_cs.h conflict!
223'c' 00-7F linux/comstats.h conflict!
224'c' 00-7F linux/coda.h conflict!
225'c' 00-1F linux/chio.h conflict!
226'c' 80-9F arch/s390/include/asm/chsc.h conflict!
227'c' A0-AF arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h conflict!
228'd' 00-FF linux/char/drm/drm.h conflict!
229'd' 02-40 pcmcia/ds.h conflict!
230'd' F0-FF linux/digi1.h
231'e' all linux/digi1.h conflict!
232'f' 00-1F linux/ext2_fs.h conflict!
233'f' 00-1F linux/ext3_fs.h conflict!
234'f' 00-0F fs/jfs/jfs_dinode.h conflict!
235'f' 00-0F fs/ext4/ext4.h conflict!
236'f' 00-0F linux/fs.h conflict!
237'f' 00-0F fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h conflict!
238'g' 00-0F linux/usb/gadgetfs.h
239'g' 20-2F linux/usb/g_printer.h
240'h' 00-7F conflict! Charon filesystem
241 <mailto:zapman@interlan.net>
242'h' 00-1F linux/hpet.h conflict!
243'h' 80-8F fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
244'i' 00-3F linux/i2o-dev.h conflict!
245'i' 0B-1F linux/ipmi.h conflict!
246'i' 80-8F linux/i8k.h
247'j' 00-3F linux/joystick.h
248'k' 00-0F linux/spi/spidev.h conflict!
249'k' 00-05 video/kyro.h conflict!
250'k' 10-17 linux/hsi/hsi_char.h HSI character device
251'l' 00-3F linux/tcfs_fs.h transparent cryptographic file system
252 <http://web.archive.org/web/%2A/http://mikonos.dia.unisa.it/tcfs>
253'l' 40-7F linux/udf_fs_i.h in development:
254 <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-udf/>
255'm' 00-09 linux/mmtimer.h conflict!
256'm' all linux/mtio.h conflict!
257'm' all linux/soundcard.h conflict!
258'm' all linux/synclink.h conflict!
259'm' 00-19 drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.h conflict!
260'm' 00 drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_ioctl.h conflict!
261'n' 00-7F linux/ncp_fs.h and fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
262'n' 80-8F uapi/linux/nilfs2_api.h NILFS2
263'n' E0-FF linux/matroxfb.h matroxfb
264'o' 00-1F fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h OCFS2
265'o' 00-03 mtd/ubi-user.h conflict! (OCFS2 and UBI overlaps)
266'o' 40-41 mtd/ubi-user.h UBI
267'o' 01-A1 `linux/dvb/*.h` DVB
268'p' 00-0F linux/phantom.h conflict! (OpenHaptics needs this)
269'p' 00-1F linux/rtc.h conflict!
270'p' 00-3F linux/mc146818rtc.h conflict!
271'p' 40-7F linux/nvram.h
272'p' 80-9F linux/ppdev.h user-space parport
273 <mailto:tim@cyberelk.net>
274'p' A1-A5 linux/pps.h LinuxPPS
275 <mailto:giometti@linux.it>
276'q' 00-1F linux/serio.h
277'q' 80-FF linux/telephony.h Internet PhoneJACK, Internet LineJACK
278 linux/ixjuser.h <http://web.archive.org/web/%2A/http://www.quicknet.net>
279'r' 00-1F linux/msdos_fs.h and fs/fat/dir.c
280's' all linux/cdk.h
281't' 00-7F linux/ppp-ioctl.h
282't' 80-8F linux/isdn_ppp.h
283't' 90-91 linux/toshiba.h toshiba and toshiba_acpi SMM
284'u' 00-1F linux/smb_fs.h gone
285'u' 20-3F linux/uvcvideo.h USB video class host driver
286'u' 40-4f linux/udmabuf.h userspace dma-buf misc device
287'v' 00-1F linux/ext2_fs.h conflict!
288'v' 00-1F linux/fs.h conflict!
289'v' 00-0F linux/sonypi.h conflict!
290'v' 00-0F media/v4l2-subdev.h conflict!
291'v' C0-FF linux/meye.h conflict!
292'w' all CERN SCI driver
293'y' 00-1F packet based user level communications
294 <mailto:zapman@interlan.net>
295'z' 00-3F CAN bus card conflict!
296 <mailto:hdstich@connectu.ulm.circular.de>
297'z' 40-7F CAN bus card conflict!
298 <mailto:oe@port.de>
299'z' 10-4F drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.h conflict!
300'|' 00-7F linux/media.h
3010x80 00-1F linux/fb.h
3020x89 00-06 arch/x86/include/asm/sockios.h
3030x89 0B-DF linux/sockios.h
3040x89 E0-EF linux/sockios.h SIOCPROTOPRIVATE range
3050x89 E0-EF linux/dn.h PROTOPRIVATE range
3060x89 F0-FF linux/sockios.h SIOCDEVPRIVATE range
3070x8B all linux/wireless.h
3080x8C 00-3F WiNRADiO driver
309 <http://www.winradio.com.au/>
3100x90 00 drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.h
3110x92 00-0F drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c
3120x93 60-7F linux/auto_fs.h
3130x94 all fs/btrfs/ioctl.h Btrfs filesystem
314 and linux/fs.h some lifted to vfs/generic
3150x97 00-7F fs/ceph/ioctl.h Ceph file system
3160x99 00-0F 537-Addinboard driver
317 <mailto:buk@buks.ipn.de>
3180xA0 all linux/sdp/sdp.h Industrial Device Project
319 <mailto:kenji@bitgate.com>
3200xA1 0 linux/vtpm_proxy.h TPM Emulator Proxy Driver
3210xA3 80-8F Port ACL in development:
322 <mailto:tlewis@mindspring.com>
3230xA3 90-9F linux/dtlk.h
3240xA4 00-1F uapi/linux/tee.h Generic TEE subsystem
3250xAA 00-3F linux/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
3260xAB 00-1F linux/nbd.h
3270xAC 00-1F linux/raw.h
3280xAD 00 Netfilter device in development:
329 <mailto:rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
3300xAE all linux/kvm.h Kernel-based Virtual Machine
331 <mailto:kvm@vger.kernel.org>
3320xAF 00-1F linux/fsl_hypervisor.h Freescale hypervisor
3330xB0 all RATIO devices in development:
334 <mailto:vgo@ratio.de>
3350xB1 00-1F PPPoX
336 <mailto:mostrows@styx.uwaterloo.ca>
3370xB3 00 linux/mmc/ioctl.h
3380xB4 00-0F linux/gpio.h <mailto:linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>
3390xB5 00-0F uapi/linux/rpmsg.h <mailto:linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org>
3400xB6 all linux/fpga-dfl.h
3410xC0 00-0F linux/usb/iowarrior.h
3420xCA 00-0F uapi/misc/cxl.h
3430xCA 10-2F uapi/misc/ocxl.h
3440xCA 80-BF uapi/scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h
3450xCB 00-1F CBM serial IEC bus in development:
346 <mailto:michael.klein@puffin.lb.shuttle.de>
3470xCC 00-0F drivers/misc/ibmvmc.h pseries VMC driver
3480xCD 01 linux/reiserfs_fs.h
3490xCF 02 fs/cifs/ioctl.c
3500xDB 00-0F drivers/char/mwave/mwavepub.h
3510xDD 00-3F ZFCP device driver see drivers/s390/scsi/
352 <mailto:aherrman@de.ibm.com>
3530xE5 00-3F linux/fuse.h
3540xEC 00-01 drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_dev.h ChromeOS EC driver
3550xF3 00-3F drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.h sisfb (in development)
356 <mailto:thomas@winischhofer.net>
3570xF4 00-1F video/mbxfb.h mbxfb
358 <mailto:raph@8d.com>
3590xF6 all LTTng Linux Trace Toolkit Next Generation
360 <mailto:mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
3610xFD all linux/dm-ioctl.h
3620xFE all linux/isst_if.h
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