suse man page for scsi_bios_ptable

Query: scsi_bios_ptable

OS: suse

Section: 9

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

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 2.6. July 2010 SCSI_BIOS_PTABLE(9)
Related Man Pages
kpartx(8) - centos
fc_remote_port_add(9) - centos
pvck(8) - suse
ata_scsi_translate(9) - suse
fc_remote_port_delete(9) - suse
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