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#!/usr/bin/python2
"""
Linux ioctl numbers made easy

size can be an integer or format string compatible with struct module

for example include/linux/watchdog.h:

#define WATCHDOG_IOCTL_BASE     'W'

struct watchdog_info {
        __u32 options;          /* Options the card/driver supports */
        __u32 firmware_version; /* Firmware version of the card */
        __u8  identity[32];     /* Identity of the board */
};

#define WDIOC_GETSUPPORT  _IOR(WATCHDOG_IOCTL_BASE, 0, struct watchdog_info)

becomes:

WDIOC_GETSUPPORT = _IOR(ord('W'), 0, "=II32s")


"""
import struct
# constant for linux portability
_IOC_NRBITS = 8
_IOC_TYPEBITS = 8

# architecture specific
_IOC_SIZEBITS = 14
_IOC_DIRBITS = 2

_IOC_NRMASK = (1 << _IOC_NRBITS) - 1
_IOC_TYPEMASK = (1 << _IOC_TYPEBITS) - 1
_IOC_SIZEMASK = (1 << _IOC_SIZEBITS) - 1
_IOC_DIRMASK = (1 << _IOC_DIRBITS) - 1

_IOC_NRSHIFT = 0
_IOC_TYPESHIFT = _IOC_NRSHIFT + _IOC_NRBITS
_IOC_SIZESHIFT = _IOC_TYPESHIFT + _IOC_TYPEBITS
_IOC_DIRSHIFT = _IOC_SIZESHIFT + _IOC_SIZEBITS

_IOC_NONE = 0
_IOC_WRITE = 1
_IOC_READ = 2


def _IOC(dir, type, nr, size):
    if isinstance(size, str) or isinstance(size, unicode):
        size = struct.calcsize(size)
    return dir  << _IOC_DIRSHIFT  | \
           type << _IOC_TYPESHIFT | \
           nr   << _IOC_NRSHIFT   | \
           size << _IOC_SIZESHIFT


def _IO(type, nr): return _IOC(_IOC_NONE, type, nr, 0)
def _IOR(type, nr, size): return _IOC(_IOC_READ, type, nr, size)
def _IOW(type, nr, size): return _IOC(_IOC_WRITE, type, nr, size)
def _IOWR(type, nr, size): return _IOC(_IOC_READ | _IOC_WRITE, type, nr, size)

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