centos man page for scsi_bios_ptable

SCSI_BIOS_PTABLE(9)						  SCSI mid layer					       SCSI_BIOS_PTABLE(9)

NAME
       scsi_bios_ptable - Read PC partition table out of first sector of device.

SYNOPSIS
       unsigned char * scsi_bios_ptable(struct block_device * dev);

ARGUMENTS
       dev
	   from this device

DESCRIPTION
       Reads the first sector from the device and returns 0x42 bytes starting at offset 0x1be.

RETURNS
       partition table in kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL) memory, or NULL on error.

AUTHORS
       James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>
	   Author.

       Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
	   Author.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014						       SCSI_BIOS_PTABLE(9)