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LIBDISK(3)		 BSD Library Functions Manual		    LIBDISK(3)

NAME
     Open_Disk, Free_Disk, Debug_Disk, Set_Bios_Geom, Delete_Chunk,
     Collapse_Disk, Collapse_Chunk, Create_Chunk, All_FreeBSD, CheckRules,
     Disk_Names, Set_Boot_Mgr, Set_Boot_Blocks, Write_Disk, Cyl_Aligned,
     Next_Cyl_Aligned, Prev_Cyl_Aligned, Track_Aligned, Next_Track_Aligned,
     Prev_Track_Aligned, Create_Chunk_DWIM, MakeDev, MakeDevDisk,
     ShowChunkFlags, chunk_name, slice_type_name — library interface to slice
     and partition labels

LIBRARY
     library “libdisk”

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <libdisk.h>

     struct disk *
     Open_Disk(const char *devname);

     void
     Free_Disk(struct disk *disk);

     void
     Debug_Disk(struct disk *disk);

     void
     Set_Bios_Geom(struct disk *disk, u_long cyl, u_long heads, u_long sects);

     int
     Delete_Chunk(struct disk *disk, struct chunk *);

     void
     Collapse_Disk(struct disk *disk);

     int
     Collapse_Chunk(struct disk *disk, struct chunk *chunk);

     int
     Create_Chunk(struct disk *disk, daddr_t offset, daddr_t size,
	 chunk_e type, int subtype, u_long flags, const char *sname);

     void
     All_FreeBSD(struct disk *d, int force_all);

     char *
     CheckRules(const struct disk *);

     char **
     Disk_Names(void);

     void
     Set_Boot_Mgr(struct disk *d, const u_char *bootmgr,
	 const size_t bootmgr_size);

     int
     Set_Boot_Blocks(struct disk *d, const u_char *boot1,
	 const u_char *boot2);

     int
     Write_Disk(const struct disk *d);

     int
     Cyl_Aligned(struct disk *d, daddr_t offset);

     daddr_t
     Next_Cyl_Aligned(const struct disk *d, daddr_t offset);

     daddr_t
     Prev_Cyl_Aligned(const struct disk *d, daddr_t offset);

     int
     Track_Aligned(const struct disk *d, daddr_t offset);

     daddr_t
     Next_Track_Aligned(const struct disk *d, daddr_t offset);

     daddr_t
     Prev_Track_Aligned(const struct disk *d, daddr_t offset);

     struct chunk *
     Create_Chunk_DWIM(struct disk *d, struct chunk *parent, daddr_t size,
	 chunk_e type, int subtype, u_long flags);

     int
     MakeDev(struct chunk *c, const char *path);

     int
     MakeDevDisk(struct disk *d, const char *path);

     char *
     ShowChunkFlags(struct chunk *c);

     const char *
     chunk_name(chunk_e type);

     const char *
     slice_type_name(int type, int subtype);

DESCRIPTION
     libdisk is just for the use of sysinstall(8).  You should consider using
     libgeom(3) instead.

     The libdisk library provides an interface to the low-level disk slice and
     partition labels.	Most functions operate with arguments of the types
     ‘struct disk’, or ‘struct chunk’.

     While both types are mostly opaque to the programmer, the internal struc‐
     ture is mentioned below for the sake of completeness.

	   struct disk {
		   char		   *name;
		   u_long	   flags;
		   u_long	   bios_cyl;
		   u_long	   bios_hd;
		   u_long	   bios_sect;
		   u_char	   *bootmgr;
		   u_char	   *boot1;
		   u_char	   *boot2;
		   struct chunk	   *chunks;
		   u_long	   sector_size;
	   };
     The only flag value by now is ‘DISK_ON_TRACK’, meaning that this disk is
     handled by the On-Track Disk Manager.

	   struct chunk {
		   struct chunk	   *next;
		   struct chunk	   *part;
		   struct disk	   *disk;
		   daddr_t	   offset;
		   daddr_t	   size;
		   daddr_t	   end;
		   char		   *name;
		   char		   *oname;
		   chunk_e	   type;
		   int		   subtype;
		   u_long	   flags;
		   void		   (*private_free)(void*);
		   void		   *(*private_clone)(void*);
		   void		   *private_data;
	   };
     The ‘type’ field can be one of the following values: ‘whole, unknown,
     fat, freebsd, extended, part, unused’.

     These are the valid ‘flags’ values for a ‘struct chunk’.

	   CHUNK_ALIGN	      This chunk should be aligned.

	   CHUNK_IS_ROOT      This ‘part’ is a rootfs, allocate partition ‘a’.

	   CHUNK_ACTIVE	      This is the active slice in the MBR.

	   CHUNK_FORCE_ALL    Force a dedicated disk for FreeBSD, bypassing
			      all BIOS geometry considerations.

	   CHUNK_AUTO_SIZE    This chunk was auto-sized and can fill out any
			      deleted following chunks.

	   CHUNK_NEWFS	      newfs pending, used to enable auto-resizing on
			      delete (along with AUTO_SIZE).

     The ‘private_data’, ‘private_free’, and ‘private_clone’ fields are for
     data private to the application, and the management thereof.  If the
     functions are not provided, no storage management is done, cloning will
     just copy the pointer and freeing will just forget it.

     Open_Disk() will open the named disk, and return populated tree.

     Free_Disk() frees a tree made with Open_Disk() or Clone_Disk().

     Debug_Disk() prints the content of the tree to stdout.

     Set_Bios_Geom() sets the geometry the bios uses.

     Delete_Chunk() frees a chunk of disk_space.

     Collapse_Disk() and Collapse_Chunk() are experimental, do not use.

     Create_Chunk() creates a chunk with the specified parameters.

     All_FreeBSD() makes one FreeBSD chunk covering the entire disk; if
     ‘force_all’ is set, bypass all BIOS geometry considerations.

     CheckRules() returns ‘char*’ to warnings about broken design rules in
     this disklayout.

     Disk_Names() returns ‘char**’ with all disk's names (wd0, wd1 ...).  You
     must free each pointer, as well as the array by hand.

     Set_Boot_Mgr() sets this boot-manager for use on this disk.  Gets written
     when Write_Disk() is called.

     Set_Boot_Blocks() sets the boot-blocks for use on this disk.  Gets writ‐
     ten when Write_Disk() is called.

     Write_Disk() writes all the MBRs, disklabels, bootblocks and boot man‐
     agers.

     Cyl_Aligned() checks if ‘offset’ is aligned on a cylinder according to
     the BIOS geometry.

     Next_Cyl_Aligned() rounds ‘offset’ up to next cylinder according to the
     BIOS geometry.

     Prev_Cyl_Aligned() rounds ‘offset’ down to previous cylinder according to
     the BIOS geometry.

     Track_Aligned() checks if ‘offset’ is aligned on a track according to the
     BIOS geometry.

     Next_Track_Aligned() rounds ‘offset’ up to next track according to the
     BIOS geometry.

     Prev_Track_Aligned() rounds ‘offset’ up to previous track according to
     the BIOS geometry.

     Create_Chunk_DWIM() creates a partition inside the given parent of the
     given size, and returns a pointer to it.  The first unused chunk big
     enough is used.

     MakeDev() makes the device nodes for this chunk.

     MakeDevDisk() makes the device nodes for all chunks on this disk.

     ShowChunkFlags() returns a string to show flags.

     The chunk_name() function takes the enumerated chunk type and returns its
     name.  chunk_name() replaces the old external array chunk_n.

     slice_type_name() returns the name strings associated with the specified
     ‘type’.  ‘subtype’.  If slice_type_name() returns "unknown" for slices it
     is not familiar with.

AUTHORS
     The libdisk library was written by Poul-Henning Kamp.

     This manual page was written by Jörg Wunsch.

BSD			       January 30, 2006				   BSD
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