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SCSICAM_BIOS_PARAM(9)						  SCSI mid layer					     SCSICAM_BIOS_PARAM(9)

NAME
       scsicam_bios_param - Determine geometry of a disk in cylinders/heads/sectors.

SYNOPSIS
       int scsicam_bios_param(struct block_device * bdev, sector_t capacity, int * ip);

ARGUMENTS
       bdev
	   which device

       capacity
	   size of the disk in sectors

       ip
	   return value: ip[0]=heads, ip[1]=sectors, ip[2]=cylinders

DESCRIPTION
       determine the BIOS mapping/geometry used for a drive in a SCSI-CAM system, storing the results in ip as required by the HDIO_GETGEO ioctl.

RETURNS
       -1 on failure, 0 on success.

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

       Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
	   Author.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014						     SCSICAM_BIOS_PARAM(9)