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+.\" $NetBSD: disklabel.5,v 1.31 2022/08/28 10:48:16 hgutch Exp $
+.\"
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+.\" @(#)disklabel.5.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
+.\"
+.Dd September 11, 2016
+.Dt DISKLABEL 5
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm disklabel
+.Nd disk pack label
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/disklabel.h
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+Each disk or disk pack on a system may contain a disk label
+which provides detailed information
+about the geometry of the disk and the partitions into which the disk
+is divided.
+It should be initialized when the disk is formatted,
+and may be changed later with the
+.Xr disklabel 8
+program.
+This information is used by the system disk driver and by the bootstrap
+program to determine how to program the drive
+and where to find the file systems on the disk partitions.
+Additional information is used by the file system in order
+to use the disk most efficiently and to locate important file system information.
+The description of each partition contains an identifier for the partition
+type (standard file system, swap area, etc.).
+The file system updates the in-core copy of the label if it contains
+incomplete information about the file system.
+.Pp
+The label is located in the sector number returned by the
+.Xr getlabelsector 3
+function, usually sector 0 where it may be found
+without any information about the disk geometry.
+It is at an offset (specified by the
+.Xr getlabeloffset 3
+function)
+from the beginning of the sector, to allow room for the initial bootstrap.
+The disk sector containing the label is normally made read-only
+so that it is not accidentally overwritten by pack-to-pack copies
+or swap operations;
+the
+.Dv DIOCWLABEL
+.Xr ioctl 2 ,
+which is done as needed by the
+.Xr disklabel 8
+program.
+.Pp
+A copy of the in-core label for a disk can be obtained with the
+.Dv DIOCGDINFO
+.Xr ioctl 2 ;
+this works with a file descriptor for a block or character (``raw'') device
+for any partition of the disk.
+The in-core copy of the label is set by the
+.Dv DIOCSDINFO
+.Xr ioctl 2 .
+The offset of a partition cannot generally be changed while it is open,
+nor can it be made smaller while it is open.
+One exception is that any change is allowed if no label was found
+on the disk, and the driver was able to construct only a skeletal label
+without partition information.
+Finally, the
+.Dv DIOCWDINFO
+.Xr ioctl 2
+operation sets the in-core label and then updates the on-disk label;
+there must be an existing label on the disk for this operation to succeed.
+Thus, the initial label for a disk or disk pack must be installed
+by writing to the raw disk.
+All of these operations are normally done using
+.Xr disklabel 8 .
+.Pp
+The format of the disk label, as specified in
+.Pa sys/disklabel.h ,
+is
+.Bd -literal
+/*
+ * Disk description table, see disktab(5)
+ */
+#define _PATH_DISKTAB "/etc/disktab"
+
+/*
+ * Each disk has a label which includes information about the hardware
+ * disk geometry, file system partitions, and drive specific information.
+ * The location of the label, as well as the number of partitions the
+ * label can describe and the number of the "whole disk" (raw)
+ * partition are machine dependent.
+ */
+#include <machine/disklabel.h>
+
+/*
+ * The absolute maximum number of disk partitions allowed.
+ * This is the maximum value of MAXPARTITIONS for which 'struct disklabel'
+ * is <= DEV_BSIZE bytes long. If MAXPARTITIONS is greater than this, beware.
+ */
+#define MAXMAXPARTITIONS 22
+#if MAXPARTITIONS > MAXMAXPARTITIONS
+#warning beware: MAXPARTITIONS bigger than MAXMAXPARTITIONS
+#endif
+
+
+#define DISKMAGIC ((u_int32_t)0x82564557) /* The disk magic number */
+
+#ifndef _LOCORE
+struct disklabel {
+ u_int32_t d_magic; /* the magic number */
+ u_int16_t d_type; /* drive type */
+ u_int16_t d_subtype; /* controller/d_type specific */
+ char d_typename[16]; /* type name, e.g. "eagle" */
+
+ /*
+ * d_packname contains the pack identifier and is returned when
+ * the disklabel is read off the disk or in-core copy.
+ * d_boot0 and d_boot1 are the (optional) names of the
+ * primary (block 0) and secondary (block 1-15) bootstraps
+ * as found in /usr/mdec. These are returned when using
+ * getdiskbyname(3) to retrieve the values from /etc/disktab.
+ */
+ union {
+ char un_d_packname[16]; /* pack identifier */
+ struct {
+ char *un_d_boot0; /* primary bootstrap name */
+ char *un_d_boot1; /* secondary bootstrap name */
+ } un_b;
+ } d_un;
+#define d_packname d_un.un_d_packname
+#define d_boot0 d_un.un_b.un_d_boot0
+#define d_boot1 d_un.un_b.un_d_boot1
+
+ /* disk geometry: */
+ u_int32_t d_secsize; /* # of bytes per sector */
+ u_int32_t d_nsectors; /* # of data sectors per track */
+ u_int32_t d_ntracks; /* # of tracks per cylinder */
+ u_int32_t d_ncylinders; /* # of data cylinders per unit */
+ u_int32_t d_secpercyl; /* # of data sectors per cylinder */
+ u_int32_t d_secperunit; /* # of data sectors per unit */
+
+ /*
+ * Spares (bad sector replacements) below are not counted in
+ * d_nsectors or d_secpercyl. Spare sectors are assumed to
+ * be physical sectors which occupy space at the end of each
+ * track and/or cylinder.
+ */
+ u_int16_t d_sparespertrack; /* # of spare sectors per track */
+ u_int16_t d_sparespercyl; /* # of spare sectors per cylinder */
+ /*
+ * Alternative cylinders include maintenance, replacement,
+ * configuration description areas, etc.
+ */
+ u_int32_t d_acylinders; /* # of alt. cylinders per unit */
+
+ /* hardware characteristics: */
+ /*
+ * d_interleave, d_trackskew and d_cylskew describe perturbations
+ * in the media format used to compensate for a slow controller.
+ * Interleave is physical sector interleave, set up by the
+ * formatter or controller when formatting. When interleaving is
+ * in use, logically adjacent sectors are not physically
+ * contiguous, but instead are separated by some number of
+ * sectors. It is specified as the ratio of physical sectors
+ * traversed per logical sector. Thus an interleave of 1:1
+ * implies contiguous layout, while 2:1 implies that logical
+ * sector 0 is separated by one sector from logical sector 1.
+ * d_trackskew is the offset of sector 0 on track N relative to
+ * sector 0 on track N-1 on the same cylinder. Finally, d_cylskew
+ * is the offset of sector 0 on cylinder N relative to sector 0
+ * on cylinder N-1.
+ */
+ u_int16_t d_rpm; /* rotational speed */
+ u_int16_t d_interleave; /* hardware sector interleave */
+ u_int16_t d_trackskew; /* sector 0 skew, per track */
+ u_int16_t d_cylskew; /* sector 0 skew, per cylinder */
+ u_int32_t d_headswitch; /* head switch time, usec */
+ u_int32_t d_trkseek; /* track-to-track seek, usec */
+ u_int32_t d_flags; /* generic flags */
+#define NDDATA 5
+ u_int32_t d_drivedata[NDDATA]; /* drive-type specific information */
+#define NSPARE 5
+ u_int32_t d_spare[NSPARE]; /* reserved for future use */
+ u_int32_t d_magic2; /* the magic number (again) */
+ u_int16_t d_checksum; /* xor of data incl. partitions */
+
+ /* file system and partition information: */
+ u_int16_t d_npartitions; /* number of partitions in following */
+ u_int32_t d_bbsize; /* size of boot area at sn0, bytes */
+ u_int32_t d_sbsize; /* max size of fs superblock, bytes */
+ struct partition { /* the partition table */
+ u_int32_t p_size; /* number of sectors in partition */
+ u_int32_t p_offset; /* starting sector */
+ u_int32_t p_fsize; /* file system basic fragment size */
+ u_int8_t p_fstype; /* file system type, see below */
+ u_int8_t p_frag; /* file system fragments per block */
+ union {
+ u_int16_t cpg; /* UFS: FS cylinders per group */
+ u_int16_t sgs; /* LFS: FS segment shift */
+ } __partition_u1;
+#define p_cpg __partition_u1.cpg
+#define p_sgs __partition_u1.sgs
+ } d_partitions[MAXPARTITIONS]; /* actually may be more */
+};
+#else /* _LOCORE */
+ /*
+ * offsets for asm boot files.
+ */
+ .set d_secsize,40
+ .set d_nsectors,44
+ .set d_ntracks,48
+ .set d_ncylinders,52
+ .set d_secpercyl,56
+ .set d_secperunit,60
+ .set d_end_,276 /* size of disk label */
+#endif /* _LOCORE */
+
+/* d_type values: */
+#define DTYPE_SMD 1 /* SMD, XSMD; VAX hp/up */
+#define DTYPE_MSCP 2 /* MSCP */
+#define DTYPE_DEC 3 /* other DEC (rk, rl) */
+#define DTYPE_SCSI 4 /* SCSI */
+#define DTYPE_ESDI 5 /* ESDI interface */
+#define DTYPE_ST506 6 /* ST506 etc. */
+#define DTYPE_HPIB 7 /* CS/80 on HP-IB */
+#define DTYPE_HPFL 8 /* HP Fiber-link */
+#define DTYPE_FLOPPY 10 /* floppy */
+#define DTYPE_CCD 11 /* concatenated disk device */
+#define DTYPE_VND 12 /* vnode pseudo-disk */
+#define DTYPE_ATAPI 13 /* ATAPI */
+#define DTYPE_RAID 14 /* RAIDframe */
+#define DTYPE_LD 15 /* logical disk */
+#define DTYPE_JFS2 16 /* IBM JFS2 */
+#define DTYPE_CGD 17 /* cryptographic pseudo-disk */
+#define DTYPE_VINUM 18 /* vinum volume obsolete */
+#define DTYPE_FLASH 19 /* flash memory device */
+
+#ifdef DKTYPENAMES
+static const char *const dktypenames[] = {
+ "unknown",
+ "SMD",
+ "MSCP",
+ "old DEC",
+ "SCSI",
+ "ESDI",
+ "ST506",
+ "HP-IB",
+ "HP-FL",
+ "type 9",
+ "floppy",
+ "ccd",
+ "vnd",
+ "ATAPI",
+ "RAID",
+ "ld",
+ "jfs",
+ "cgd",
+ "obsolete vinum",
+ "flash",
+ NULL
+};
+#define DKMAXTYPES (sizeof(dktypenames) / sizeof(dktypenames[0]) - 1)
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Filesystem type and version.
+ * Used to interpret other file system-specific
+ * per-partition information.
+ */
+#define FS_UNUSED 0 /* unused */
+#define FS_SWAP 1 /* swap */
+#define FS_V6 2 /* Sixth Edition */
+#define FS_V7 3 /* Seventh Edition */
+#define FS_SYSV 4 /* System V */
+#define FS_V71K 5 /* V7 with 1K blocks (4.1, 2.9) */
+#define FS_V8 6 /* Eighth Edition, 4K blocks */
+#define FS_BSDFFS 7 /* 4.2BSD fast file system */
+#define FS_MSDOS 8 /* MSDOS file system */
+#define FS_BSDLFS 9 /* 4.4BSD log-structured file system */
+#define FS_OTHER 10 /* in use, but unknown/unsupported */
+#define FS_HPFS 11 /* OS/2 high-performance file system */
+#define FS_ISO9660 12 /* ISO 9660, normally CD-ROM */
+#define FS_BOOT 13 /* partition contains bootstrap */
+#define FS_ADOS 14 /* AmigaDOS fast file system */
+#define FS_HFS 15 /* Macintosh HFS */
+#define FS_FILECORE 16 /* Acorn Filecore Filing System */
+#define FS_EX2FS 17 /* Linux Extended 2 file system */
+#define FS_NTFS 18 /* Windows/NT file system */
+#define FS_RAID 19 /* RAIDframe component */
+#define FS_CCD 20 /* concatenated disk component */
+#define FS_JFS2 21 /* IBM JFS2 */
+#define FS_APPLEUFS 22 /* Apple UFS */
+#define FS_VINUM 23 /* Vinum */
+
+#ifdef FSTYPENAMES
+static const char *const fstypenames[] = {
+ "unused",
+ "swap",
+ "Version 6",
+ "Version 7",
+ "System V",
+ "4.1BSD",
+ "Eighth Edition",
+ "4.2BSD",
+ "MSDOS",
+ "4.4LFS",
+ "unknown",
+ "HPFS",
+ "ISO9660",
+ "boot",
+ "ADOS",
+ "HFS",
+ "FILECORE",
+ "Linux Ext2",
+ "NTFS",
+ "RAID",
+ "ccd",
+ "jfs",
+ "Apple UFS",
+ "obsolete vinum",
+ NULL
+};
+#define FSMAXTYPES (sizeof(fstypenames) / sizeof(fstypenames[0]) - 1)
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * flags shared by various drives:
+ */
+#define D_REMOVABLE 0x01 /* removable media */
+#define D_ECC 0x02 /* supports ECC */
+#define D_BADSECT 0x04 /* supports bad sector forw. */
+#define D_RAMDISK 0x08 /* disk emulator */
+#define D_CHAIN 0x10 /* can do back-back transfers */
+
+/*
+ * Drive data for SMD.
+ */
+
+#define d_smdflags d_drivedata[0]
+#define D_SSE 0x1 /* supports skip sectoring */
+#define d_mindist d_drivedata[1]
+#define d_maxdist d_drivedata[2]
+#define d_sdist d_drivedata[3]
+
+/*
+ * Drive data for ST506.
+ */
+#define d_precompcyl d_drivedata[0]
+#define d_gap3 d_drivedata[1] /* used only when formatting */
+
+/*
+ * Drive data for SCSI.
+ */
+#define d_blind d_drivedata[0]
+
+#ifndef _LOCORE
+/*
+ * Structure used to perform a format or other raw operation,
+ * returning data and/or register values. Register identification
+ * and format are device- and driver-dependent.
+ */
+struct format_op {
+ char *df_buf;
+ int df_count; /* value-result */
+ daddr_t df_startblk;
+ int df_reg[8]; /* result */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Structure used internally to retrieve information about a partition
+ * on a disk.
+ */
+struct partinfo {
+ struct disklabel *disklab;
+ struct partition *part;
+};
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Disk specific ioctls are defined in
+.Pa sys/dkio.h .
+.Bd -literal
+.Pp
+/*
+ * Disk-specific ioctls.
+ */
+ /* get and set disklabel; DIOCGPART used internally */
+#define DIOCGDINFO _IOR('d', 101, struct disklabel) /* get */
+#define DIOCSDINFO _IOW('d', 102, struct disklabel) /* set */
+#define DIOCWDINFO _IOW('d', 103, struct disklabel) /* set, update disk */
+#define DIOCGPART _IOW('d', 104, struct partinfo) /* get partition */
+
+ /* do format operation, read or write */
+#define DIOCRFORMAT _IOWR('d', 105, struct format_op)
+#define DIOCWFORMAT _IOWR('d', 106, struct format_op)
+
+#define DIOCSSTEP _IOW('d', 107, int) /* set step rate */
+#define DIOCSRETRIES _IOW('d', 108, int) /* set # of retries */
+#define DIOCKLABEL _IOW('d', 119, int) /* keep/drop label on close? */
+#define DIOCWLABEL _IOW('d', 109, int) /* write en/disable label */
+
+#define DIOCSBAD _IOW('d', 110, struct dkbad) /* set kernel dkbad */
+#define DIOCEJECT _IOW('d', 112, int) /* eject removable disk */
+#define DIOCLOCK _IOW('d', 113, int) /* lock/unlock pack */
+
+ /* get default label, clear label */
+#define DIOCGDEFLABEL _IOR('d', 114, struct disklabel)
+#define DIOCCLRLABEL _IO('d', 115)
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr disktab 5 ,
+.Xr disklabel 8 ,
+.Xr dkctl 8
+.\" .Sh HISTORY