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+/*
+ * No copyright is claimed.  This code is in the public domain; do with
+ * it what you wish.
+ *
+ * Written by Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+ */
+#ifndef BLKDEV_H
+#define BLKDEV_H
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_IOCCOM_H
+# include <sys/ioccom.h> /* for _IO macro on e.g. Solaris */
+#endif
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_MKDEV_H
+# include <sys/mkdev.h>		/* major and minor on Solaris */
+#endif
+
+#define DEFAULT_SECTOR_SIZE       512
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+/* very basic ioclts, should be available everywhere */
+# ifndef BLKROSET
+#  define BLKROSET   _IO(0x12,93)	/* set device read-only (0 = read-write) */
+#  define BLKROGET   _IO(0x12,94)	/* get read-only status (0 = read_write) */
+#  define BLKRRPART  _IO(0x12,95)	/* re-read partition table */
+#  define BLKGETSIZE _IO(0x12,96)	/* return device size /512 (long *arg) */
+#  define BLKFLSBUF  _IO(0x12,97)	/* flush buffer cache */
+#  define BLKRASET   _IO(0x12,98)	/* set read ahead for block device */
+#  define BLKRAGET   _IO(0x12,99)	/* get current read ahead setting */
+#  define BLKFRASET  _IO(0x12,100)	/* set filesystem (mm/filemap.c) read-ahead */
+#  define BLKFRAGET  _IO(0x12,101)	/* get filesystem (mm/filemap.c) read-ahead */
+#  define BLKSECTSET _IO(0x12,102)	/* set max sectors per request (ll_rw_blk.c) */
+#  define BLKSECTGET _IO(0x12,103)	/* get max sectors per request (ll_rw_blk.c) */
+#  define BLKSSZGET  _IO(0x12,104)	/* get block device sector size */
+
+/* ioctls introduced in 2.2.16, removed in 2.5.58 */
+#  define BLKELVGET  _IOR(0x12,106,size_t) /* elevator get */
+#  define BLKELVSET  _IOW(0x12,107,size_t) /* elevator set */
+
+#  define BLKBSZGET  _IOR(0x12,112,size_t)
+#  define BLKBSZSET  _IOW(0x12,113,size_t)
+# endif /* !BLKROSET */
+
+# ifndef BLKGETSIZE64
+#  define BLKGETSIZE64 _IOR(0x12,114,size_t) /* return device size in bytes (u64 *arg) */
+# endif
+
+/* block device topology ioctls, introduced in 2.6.32 (commit ac481c20) */
+# ifndef BLKIOMIN
+#  define BLKIOMIN   _IO(0x12,120)
+#  define BLKIOOPT   _IO(0x12,121)
+#  define BLKALIGNOFF _IO(0x12,122)
+#  define BLKPBSZGET _IO(0x12,123)
+# endif
+
+/* discard zeroes support, introduced in 2.6.33 (commit 98262f27) */
+# ifndef BLKDISCARDZEROES
+#  define BLKDISCARDZEROES _IO(0x12,124)
+# endif
+
+/* filesystem freeze, introduced in 2.6.29 (commit fcccf502) */
+# ifndef FIFREEZE
+#  define FIFREEZE   _IOWR('X', 119, int)    /* Freeze */
+#  define FITHAW     _IOWR('X', 120, int)    /* Thaw */
+# endif
+
+/* uniform CD-ROM information */
+# ifndef CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY
+#  define CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY 0x5331
+# endif
+
+#endif /* __linux */
+
+
+#ifdef APPLE_DARWIN
+# define BLKGETSIZE DKIOCGETBLOCKCOUNT32
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HDIO_GETGEO
+# ifdef __linux__
+#  define HDIO_GETGEO 0x0301
+# endif
+
+struct hd_geometry {
+	unsigned char heads;
+	unsigned char sectors;
+	unsigned short cylinders;	/* truncated */
+	unsigned long start;
+};
+#endif /* HDIO_GETGEO */
+
+
+/* are we working with block device? */
+int is_blkdev(int fd);
+
+/* Determine size in bytes */
+off_t blkdev_find_size (int fd);
+
+/* get size in bytes */
+int blkdev_get_size(int fd, unsigned long long *bytes);
+
+/* get 512-byte sector count */
+int blkdev_get_sectors(int fd, unsigned long long *sectors);
+
+/* get hardware sector size */
+int blkdev_get_sector_size(int fd, int *sector_size);
+
+/* specifies whether or not the device is misaligned */
+int blkdev_is_misaligned(int fd);
+
+/* get physical block device size */
+int blkdev_get_physector_size(int fd, int *sector_size);
+
+/* is the device cdrom capable? */
+int blkdev_is_cdrom(int fd);
+
+/* get device's geometry - legacy */
+int blkdev_get_geometry(int fd, unsigned int *h, unsigned int *s);
+
+/* SCSI device types.  Copied almost as-is from kernel header.
+ * http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=blob;f=include/scsi/scsi.h */
+#define SCSI_TYPE_DISK			0x00
+#define SCSI_TYPE_TAPE			0x01
+#define SCSI_TYPE_PRINTER		0x02
+#define SCSI_TYPE_PROCESSOR		0x03	/* HP scanners use this */
+#define SCSI_TYPE_WORM			0x04	/* Treated as ROM by our system */
+#define SCSI_TYPE_ROM			0x05
+#define SCSI_TYPE_SCANNER		0x06
+#define SCSI_TYPE_MOD			0x07	/* Magneto-optical disk - treated as SCSI_TYPE_DISK */
+#define SCSI_TYPE_MEDIUM_CHANGER	0x08
+#define SCSI_TYPE_COMM			0x09	/* Communications device */
+#define SCSI_TYPE_RAID			0x0c
+#define SCSI_TYPE_ENCLOSURE		0x0d	/* Enclosure Services Device */
+#define SCSI_TYPE_RBC			0x0e
+#define SCSI_TYPE_OSD			0x11
+#define SCSI_TYPE_NO_LUN		0x7f
+
+/* convert scsi type code to name */
+const char *blkdev_scsi_type_to_name(int type);
+
+
+#endif /* BLKDEV_H */