bios_param — fetch head, sector, cylinder info for a disk
int bios_param ( | struct scsi_device * | sdev, |
struct block_device * | bdev, | |
sector_t | capacity, | |
int | params[3]) ; |
sdev
pointer to scsi device context (defined in include/scsi/scsi_device.h)
bdev
pointer to block device context (defined in fs.h)
capacity
device size (in 512 byte sectors)
params[3]
three element array to place output: params[0] number of heads (max 255) params[1] number of sectors (max 63) params[2] number of cylinders