.\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996 Joerg Wunsch .\" .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" This program is free software. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES .\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, .\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY .\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" " .Dd March 15, 1996 .Dt LIBDISK 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm Open_Disk , .Nm Clone_Disk , .Nm Free_Disk , .Nm Debug_Disk , .Nm Set_Bios_Geom , .Nm Delete_Chunk , .Nm Collapse_Disk , .Nm Collapse_Chunk , .Nm Create_Chunk , .Nm All_FreeBSD , .Nm CheckRules , .Nm Disk_Names , .Nm Set_Boot_Mgr , .Nm Set_Boot_Blocks , .Nm Write_Disk , .Nm Cyl_Aligned , .Nm Next_Cyl_Aligned , .Nm Prev_Cyl_Aligned , .Nm Track_Aligned , .Nm Next_Track_Aligned , .Nm Prev_Track_Aligned , .Nm Create_Chunk_DWIM , .Nm MakeDev , .Nm MakeDevDisk , .Nm ShowChunkFlags , .Nm ChunkCanBeRoot , .Nm chunk_n , .Nm slice_type_name .Nd library interface to slice and partition labels .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libdisk .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include .Fd #include .Dv extern const char *chunk_n[]; .Ft const char * .Fn slice_type_name "int type" "int subtype" .Ft struct disk * .Fn Open_Disk "const char *devname" .Ft struct disk * .Fn Clone_Disk "struct disk *disk" .Ft void .Fn Free_Disk "struct disk *disk" .Ft void .Fn Debug_Disk "struct disk *disk" .Ft void .Fn Set_Bios_Geom "struct disk *disk" "u_long cyl" "u_long heads" "u_long sects" .Ft int .Fn Delete_Chunk "struct disk *disk" "struct chunk *" .Ft void .Fn Collapse_Disk "struct disk *disk" .Ft int .Fn Collapse_Chunk "struct disk *disk" "struct chunk *chunk" .Ft int .Fn Create_Chunk "struct disk *disk" "u_long offset" "u_long size" "chunk_e type" "int subtype" "u_long flags" .Ft void .Fn All_FreeBSD "struct disk *d" "int force_all" .Ft char * .Fn CheckRules "struct disk *" .Ft char ** .Fn Disk_Names "void" .Ft void .Fn Set_Boot_Mgr "struct disk *d" "const u_char *bootmgr" .Ft void .Fn Set_Boot_Blocks "struct disk *d" "const u_char *boot1" "const u_char *boot2" .Ft int .Fn Write_Disk "struct disk *d" .Ft int .Fn Cyl_Aligned "struct disk *d" "u_long offset" .Ft u_long .Fn Next_Cyl_Aligned "struct disk *d" "u_long offset" .Ft u_long .Fn Prev_Cyl_Aligned "struct disk *d" "u_long offset" .Ft int .Fn Track_Aligned "struct disk *d" "u_long offset" .Ft u_long .Fn Next_Track_Aligned "struct disk *d" "u_long offset" .Ft u_long .Fn Prev_Track_Aligned "struct disk *d" "u_long offset" .Ft struct chunk * .Fn Create_Chunk_DWIM "struct disk *d" "struct chunk *parent" "u_long size" "chunk_e type" "int subtype" "u_long flags" .Ft int .Fn MakeDev "struct chunk *c" "const char *path" .Ft int .Fn MakeDevDisk "struct disk *d" "const char *path" .Ft char * .Fn ShowChunkFlags "struct chunk *c" .Ft char * .Fn ChunkCanBeRoot "struct chunk *c" .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Libdisk provides an interface to the low-level disk slice and partition labels. Most functions operate with arguments of the types .Ql struct disk , or .Ql struct chunk . .Pp While both types are mostly opaque to the programmer, the internal structure is mentioned below for the sake of completeness. .Bd -literal -offset indent 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; }; .Ed The only flag value by now is .Ql DISK_ON_TRACK , meaning that this disk is handled by the On-Track Disk Manager. .Pp .Bd -literal -offset indent struct chunk { struct chunk *next; struct chunk *part; struct disk *disk; long offset; u_long size; u_long end; char *name; char *oname; chunk_e type; int subtype; u_long flags; void (*private_free)(void*); void *(*private_clone)(void*); void *private_data; }; .Ed The .Ql type field can be one of the following values: .Ql whole, unknown, fat, freebsd, extended, part, unused . .Pp These are the valid .Ql flag values for a .Ql struct chunk . .Bl -tag -offset indent -width CHUNK_BSD_COMPATXX .It CHUNK_PAST_1024 This chunk cannot be booted from because it extends past cylinder 1024. .It CHUNK_BSD_COMPAT This chunk is in the BSD-compatibility, and has a short name too, i.e. .Ql wd0s4f -> wd0f . .It CHUNK_ALIGN This chunk should be aligned. .It CHUNK_IS_ROOT This .Ql part is a rootfs, allocate partition .Sq a . .It CHUNK_ACTIVE This is the active slice in the MBR. .It CHUNK_FORCE_ALL Force a dedicated disk for .Fx , bypassing all BIOS geometry considerations. .El .Pp The .Ql private_data , .Ql private_free , and .Ql 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. .Pp .Fn Open_Disk will open the named disk, and return populated tree. .Pp .Fn Clone_Disk clones a copy of a tree. Useful for .Dq Undo functionality. .Pp .Fn Free_Disk frees a tree made with .Fn Open_Disk or .Fn Clone_Disk . .Pp .Fn Debug_Disk prints the content of the tree to stdout. .Pp .Fn Set_Bios_Geom sets the geometry the bios uses. .Pp .Fn Delete_Chunk frees a chunk of disk_space. .Pp .Fn Collapse_Disk and .Fn Collapse_Chunk are experimental, do not use. .Pp .Fn Create_Chunk creates a chunk with the specified parameters. .Pp .Fn All_FreeBSD makes one FreeBSD chunk covering the entire disk; if .Ql force_all is set, bypass all BIOS geometry considerations. .Pp .Fn CheckRules returns .Ql char* to warnings about broken design rules in this disklayout. .Pp .Fn Disk_Names returns .Ql char** with all disk's names (wd0, wd1 ...). You must free each pointer, as well as the array by hand. .Pp .Fn Set_Boot_Mgr sets this boot-manager for use on this disk. Gets written when .Fn Write_Disk is called. .Pp .Fn Set_Boot_Blocks sets the boot-blocks for use on this disk. Gets written when .Fn Write_Disk is called. .Pp .Fn Write_Disk writes all the MBRs, disklabels, bootblocks and boot managers. .Pp .Fn Cyl_Aligned checks if .Ql offset is aligned on a cylinder according to the BIOS geometry. .Pp .Fn Next_Cyl_Aligned rounds .Ql offset up to next cylinder according to the BIOS geometry. .Pp .Fn Prev_Cyl_Aligned rounds .Ql offset down to previous cylinder according to the BIOS geometry. .Pp .Fn Track_Aligned checks if .Ql offset is aligned on a track according to the BIOS geometry. .Pp .Fn Next_Track_Aligned rounds .Ql offset up to next track according to the BIOS geometry. .Pp .Fn Prev_Track_Aligned checks if .Ql offset is aligned on a track according to the BIOS geometry. .Pp .Fn 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. .Pp .Fn MakeDev makes the device nodes for this chunk. .Pp .Fn MakeDevDisk makes the device nodes for all chunks on this disk. .Pp .Fn ShowChunkFlags returns a string to show flags. .Pp .Fn ChunkCanBeRoot returns NULL if chunk can be .Pp Chunk name strings can be accessed directly using the external array .Va chunk_n . .Pp .Fn slice_type_name returns the name strings associated with the specified .Ql type . .Ql subtype . If .Fn slice_type_name returns "unknown" for slices it isn't familiar with. .Ql / . .Sh AUTHORS .Nm Libdisk has been written by .An Poul-Henning Kamp . .Pp This man page by .ie t J\(:org Wunsch. .el Joerg Wunsch.