+int
+wl_ioctl(char *name, int cmd, void *buf, int len)
+{
+ struct ifreq ifr;
+ wl_ioctl_t ioc;
+ int ret = 0;
+ int s;
+
+ /* open socket to kernel */
+ if ((s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) < 0) {
+ perror("socket");
+ return errno;
+ }
+
+ /* do it */
+ ioc.cmd = cmd;
+ ioc.buf = buf;
+ ioc.len = len;
+ strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, name, IFNAMSIZ);
+ ifr.ifr_data = (caddr_t) &ioc;
+ if ((ret = ioctl(s, SIOCDEVPRIVATE, &ifr)) < 0)
+ if (cmd != WLC_GET_MAGIC)
+ perror(ifr.ifr_name);
+
+ /* cleanup */
+ close(s);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+int
+wl_hwaddr(char *name, unsigned char *hwaddr)
+{
+ struct ifreq ifr;
+ int ret = 0;
+ int s;
+
+ /* open socket to kernel */
+ if ((s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) < 0) {
+ perror("socket");
+ return errno;
+ }
+
+ /* do it */
+ strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, name, IFNAMSIZ);
+ if ((ret = ioctl(s, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr)) == 0)
+ memcpy(hwaddr, ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
+
+ /* cleanup */
+ close(s);
+ return ret;
+}
+