scsicam_bios_param (9) Linux Manual Page
scsicam_bios_param – Determine geometry of a disk in cylinders/heads/sectors.
Synopsis
int scsicam_bios_param(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t capacity, int *ip);Arguments
bdev
-
- which device
capacity
- size of the disk in sectors
ip
- 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.
Return
-1 on failure, 0 on success.
Authors
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley [at] hansenpartnership.com>
- Author.
Rob Landley <rob [at] landley.net>
- Author.