minix man page for biosize

Query: biosize

OS: minix

Section: 9f

Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar

biosize(9F)						   Kernel Functions for Drivers 					       biosize(9F)

NAME
biosize - returns size of a buffer structure
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/ddi.h> #include <sys/sunddi.h> size_tbiosize(void);
INTERFACE LEVEL
Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).
DESCRIPTION
The biosize() function returns the size in bytes of the buf(9S) structure. The biosize() function is used by drivers in combination with kmem_alloc(9F) and bioinit(9F) to allocate buffer structures embedded in other data structures.
CONTEXT
The biosize() function can be called from any context.
SEE ALSO
biofini(9F), bioinit(9F), getrbuf(9F), kmem_alloc(9F), buf(9S) Writing Device Drivers SunOS 5.10 20 Nov 1996 biosize(9F)
Related Man Pages
bioinit(9f) - opensolaris
bioinit(9f) - centos
bioinit(9f) - minix
bioinit(9f) - redhat
bioinit(9f) - xfree86
Similar Topics in the Unix Linux Community
help with write-read locks inter-process
New FB Page for Forums
Study UNIX Kernel
Just getting started with UNIX programming and administration