NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     smb -- SMB generic I/O device driver

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     device smb

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The smb character device driver provides generic i/o to any smbus(4)
     instance.	In order to control SMB devices, use /dev/smb? with the following
 ioctls:

     Ioctl			     Description
     SMB_QUICK_WRITE		     QuickWrite command
     SMB_QUICK_READ		     QuickRead command
     SMB_SENDB			     SendByte command
     SMB_RECVB			     ReceiveByte command
     SMB_WRITEB 		     WriteByte command
     SMB_WRITEW 		     WriteWord command
     SMB_READB			     ReadByte command
     SMB_READW			     ReadWord command
     SMB_PCALL			     ProcedureCall command
     SMB_BWRITE 		     BlockWrite command
     SMB_BREAD			     BlockRead command

     Using the write routine is equivalent to a SMB_WRITEW ioctl.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     smbus(4)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The smb manual page first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     This manual page was written by Nicolas Souchu.


FreeBSD 5.2.1		       October 25, 1998 		 FreeBSD 5.2.1