scsicam_bios_param9
Determine geometry of a disk in cylinders/heads/sectors.
Usage
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
Overview
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.
Releases
5 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 4 times.