SCSICAM_BIOS_PARAM
Section: SCSI mid layer (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
scsicam_bios_param - Determine geometry of a disk in cylinders/heads/sectors.
SYNOPSIS
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int scsicam_bios_param(struct block_device * bdev, sector_t capacity, int * ip);
ARGUMENTS
bdev
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- which device
capacity
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size of the disk in sectors
ip
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return value: ip[0]=heads, ip[1]=sectors, ip[2]=cylinders
DESCRIPTION
determine the BIOS mapping/geometry used for a drive in a SCSI-CAM system, storing the results in ip as required by the HDIO_GETGEO
ioctl.
RETURNS
-1 on failure, 0 on success.
AUTHORS
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>
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Author.
Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
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Author.
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