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+/*-
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
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+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+/**
+* \file
+* GUID Partition Table (GPT) specification definitions
+*/
+
+#ifndef SPDK_GPT_SPEC_H
+#define SPDK_GPT_SPEC_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "spdk/assert.h"
+
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
+
+#define SPDK_MBR_SIGNATURE 0xAA55
+
+#define SPDK_MBR_OS_TYPE_GPT_PROTECTIVE		0xEE
+#define SPDK_MBR_OS_TYPE_EFI_SYSTEM_PARTITION	0xEF
+
+struct spdk_mbr_chs {
+	uint8_t head;
+	uint16_t sector : 6;
+	uint16_t cylinder : 10;
+};
+SPDK_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(struct spdk_mbr_chs) == 3, "size incorrect");
+
+struct spdk_mbr_partition_entry {
+	uint8_t reserved : 7;
+	uint8_t bootable : 1;
+
+	struct spdk_mbr_chs start_chs;
+
+	uint8_t os_type;
+
+	struct spdk_mbr_chs end_chs;
+
+	uint32_t start_lba;
+	uint32_t size_lba;
+};
+SPDK_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(struct spdk_mbr_partition_entry) == 16, "size incorrect");
+
+struct spdk_mbr {
+	uint8_t boot_code[440];
+	uint32_t disk_signature;
+	uint16_t reserved_444;
+	struct spdk_mbr_partition_entry partitions[4];
+	uint16_t mbr_signature;
+};
+SPDK_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(struct spdk_mbr) == 512, "size incorrect");
+
+#define SPDK_GPT_SIGNATURE "EFI PART"
+
+#define SPDK_GPT_REVISION_1_0 0x00010000u
+
+struct spdk_gpt_guid {
+	uint8_t raw[16];
+};
+SPDK_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(struct spdk_gpt_guid) == 16, "size incorrect");
+
+#define SPDK_GPT_GUID(a, b, c, d, e) \
+	(struct spdk_gpt_guid){{ \
+		(uint8_t)(a), (uint8_t)((a) >> 8), (uint8_t)((a) >> 16), (uint8_t)((a >> 24)), \
+		(uint8_t)(b), (uint8_t)((b) >> 8), \
+		(uint8_t)(c), (uint8_t)((c) >> 8), \
+		(uint8_t)((d) >> 8), (uint8_t)(d), \
+		(uint8_t)((e) >> 40), (uint8_t)((e) >> 32), (uint8_t)((e) >> 24), \
+		(uint8_t)((e) >> 16), (uint8_t)((e) >> 8), (uint8_t)(e) \
+	}}
+
+#define SPDK_GPT_PART_TYPE_UNUSED		SPDK_GPT_GUID(0x00000000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x000000000000)
+#define SPDK_GPT_PART_TYPE_EFI_SYSTEM_PARTITION	SPDK_GPT_GUID(0xC12A7328, 0xF81F, 0x11D2, 0xBA4B, 0x00A0C93EC93B)
+#define SPDK_GPT_PART_TYPE_LEGACY_MBR		SPDK_GPT_GUID(0x024DEE41, 0x33E7, 0x11D3, 0x9D69, 0x0008C781F39F)
+
+struct spdk_gpt_header {
+	char gpt_signature[8];
+	uint32_t revision;
+	uint32_t header_size;
+	uint32_t header_crc32;
+	uint32_t reserved;
+	uint64_t my_lba;
+	uint64_t alternate_lba;
+	uint64_t first_usable_lba;
+	uint64_t last_usable_lba;
+	struct spdk_gpt_guid disk_guid;
+	uint64_t partition_entry_lba;
+	uint32_t num_partition_entries;
+	uint32_t size_of_partition_entry;
+	uint32_t partition_entry_array_crc32;
+};
+SPDK_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(struct spdk_gpt_header) == 92, "size incorrect");
+
+struct spdk_gpt_partition_entry {
+	struct spdk_gpt_guid part_type_guid;
+	struct spdk_gpt_guid unique_partition_guid;
+	uint64_t starting_lba;
+	uint64_t ending_lba;
+	struct {
+		uint64_t required : 1;
+		uint64_t no_block_io_proto : 1;
+		uint64_t legacy_bios_bootable : 1;
+		uint64_t reserved_uefi : 45;
+		uint64_t guid_specific : 16;
+	} attr;
+	uint8_t partition_name[72];
+};
+SPDK_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(struct spdk_gpt_partition_entry) == 128, "size incorrect");
+
+#pragma pack(pop)
+
+#endif