suse man page for bioinit

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

NAME

       bioinit - initialize a buffer structure

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/ddi.h>
       #include <sys/sunddi.h>

       voidbioinit(struct buf *bp);

INTERFACE LEVEL

       Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).

PARAMETERS

       bp	Pointer to the buffer header structure.

DESCRIPTION

       The  bioinit()  function  initializes a buf(9S) structure. A buffer structure contains state information which has to be initialized if the
       memory for the buffer was allocated using kmem_alloc(9F). This is not necessary for a buffer allocated using getrbuf(9F) because  getrbuf()
       will call bioinit() directly.

CONTEXT

       The bioinit() function can be called from any context.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Using bioinit()

       struct buf *bp = kmem_alloc(biosize(), KM_SLEEP);
       bioinit(bp);
       /* use buffer */

SEE ALSO

       biofini(9F), bioreset(9F), biosize(9F), getrbuf(9F), kmem_alloc(9F), buf(9S)

       Writing Device Drivers

SunOS 5.10							    20 Nov 1996 						       bioinit(9F)