.\" $OpenBSD: bio_register.9,v 1.6 2015/09/14 12:05:33 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2006 David Gwynne .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: September 14 2015 $ .Dt BIO_REGISTER 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm bio_register , .Nm bio_unregister .Nd block I/O ioctl tunnelling interface .Sh SYNOPSIS .In dev/biovar.h .Ft int .Fn bio_register "struct device *dev" "int (*bioctl)(struct device *, u_long, caddr_t)" .Ft void .Fn bio_unregister "struct device *dev" .Sh DESCRIPTION The block I/O ioctl tunnelling interface is used by drivers to register and unregister ioctl handlers to be accessed via the .Xr bio 4 device. .Pp .Fn bio_register is called by the driver represented by .Fa dev to register the .Fa bioctl argument as the ioctl handler for itself. .Pp .Fn bio_unregister is called to remove the ioctl handler previously registered with .Fn bio_register for the device represented by .Fa dev . .Pp .Fn bio_register and .Fn bio_unregister can be called during .Xr autoconf 9 or from process context. The .Fa bioctl callback is called from process context. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr bio 4 , .Xr autoconf 9 .Sh HISTORY The block I/O ioctl tunnelling interface first appeared in .Ox 3.2 . .Sh AUTHORS The block I/O ioctl tunnelling interface was written by .An Niklas Hallqvist Aq Mt niklas@openbsd.org .