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Man Page: biosize

Operating Environment: linux

Section: 9f

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)
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