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11.Dd
12.Dt DISKLABEL 5
13.Os
14.Sh NAME
15.Nm disklabel
16.Nd disk pack label
17.Sh SYNOPSIS
18.Fd #include <sys/disklabel.h>
19.Sh DESCRIPTION
20Each disk or disk pack on a system may contain a disk label
21which provides detailed information
22about the geometry of the disk and the partitions into which the disk
23is divided.
24It should be initialized when the disk is formatted,
25and may be changed later with the
26.Xr disklabel 8
27program.
28This information is used by the system disk driver and by the bootstrap
29program to determine how to program the drive
30and where to find the filesystems on the disk partitions.
31Additional information is used by the filesystem in order
32to use the disk most efficiently and to locate important filesystem information.
33The description of each partition contains an identifier for the partition
34type (standard filesystem, swap area, etc.).
35The filesystem updates the in-core copy of the label if it contains
36incomplete information about the filesystem.
37.Pp
38The label is located in sector number
39.Dv LABELSECTOR
40of the drive, usually sector 0 where it may be found
41without any information about the disk geometry.
42It is at an offset
43.Dv LABELOFFSET
44from the beginning of the sector, to allow room for the initial bootstrap.
45The disk sector containing the label is normally made read-only
46so that it is not accidentally overwritten by pack-to-pack copies
47or swap operations;
48the
49.Dv DIOCWLABEL
50.Xr ioctl 2 ,
51which is done as needed by the
52.Xr disklabel
53program.
54.Pp
55A copy of the in-core label for a disk can be obtained with the
56.Dv DIOCGDINFO
57.Xr ioctl ;
58this works with a file descriptor for a block or character (``raw'') device
59for any partition of the disk.
60The in-core copy of the label is set by the
61.Dv DIOCSDINFO
62.Xr ioctl .
63The offset of a partition cannot generally be changed while it is open,
64nor can it be made smaller while it is open.
65One exception is that any change is allowed if no label was found
66on the disk, and the driver was able to construct only a skeletal label
67without partition information.
68Finally, the
69.Dv DIOCWDINFO
70.Xr ioctl
71operation sets the in-core label and then updates the on-disk label;
72there must be an existing label on the disk for this operation to succeed.
73Thus, the initial label for a disk or disk pack must be installed
74by writing to the raw disk.
75All of these operations are normally done using
76.Xr disklabel .
77.Pp
78The format of the disk label, as specified in
79.Aw Pa sys/disklabel.h ,
80is
81.Bd -literal
82/*
83* Disk description table, see disktab(5)
84*/
85#define	DISKTAB		"/etc/disktab"
86
87/*
88* Each disk has a label which includes information about the hardware
89* disk geometry, filesystem partitions, and drive specific information.
90* The label is in block 0 or 1, possibly offset from the beginning
91* to leave room for a bootstrap, etc.
92*/
93
94#define	LABELSECTOR	0	/* sector containing label */
95#define LABELOFFSET	64	/* offset of label in sector */
96#define DISKMAGIC	((u_long) 0x82564557)	/* The disk magic number */
97#ifndef MAXPARTITIONS
98#define	MAXPARTITIONS	8
99#endif
100
101#ifndef LOCORE
102struct disklabel {
103	u_long	d_magic;	/* the magic number */
104	short	d_type;		/* drive type */
105	short	d_subtype;	/* controller/d_type specific */
106	char	d_typename[16];	/* type name, e.g. "eagle" */
107	/*
108	* d_packname contains the pack identifier and is returned when
109	* the disklabel is read off the disk or in-core copy.
110	* d_boot0 and d_boot1 are the (optional) names of the
111	* primary (block 0) and secondary (block 1-15) bootstraps
112	* as found in /usr/mdec.  These are returned when using
113	* getdiskbyname(3)
114	to retrieve the values from /etc/disktab.
115	*/
116#if defined(KERNEL) || defined(STANDALONE)
117	char	d_packname[16];		/* pack identifier */
118#else
119	union {
120		char	un_d_packname[16];	/* pack identifier */
121		struct {
122			char *un_d_boot0;	/* primary bootstrap name */
123			char *un_d_boot1;	/* secondary bootstrap name */
124		} un_b;
125	} d_un;
126
127#define d_packname	d_un.un_d_packname
128#define d_boot0		d_un.un_b.un_d_boot0
129#define d_boot1		d_un.un_b.un_d_boot1
130#endif	/* ! KERNEL or STANDALONE */
131
132	/* disk geometry: */
133	u_long	d_secsize;	/* # of bytes per sector */
134	u_long	d_nsectors;	/* # of data sectors per track */
135	u_long	d_ntracks;	/* # of tracks per cylinder */
136	u_long	d_ncylinders;	/* # of data cylinders per unit */
137	u_long	d_secpercyl;	/* # of data sectors per cylinder */
138	u_long	d_secperunit;	/* # of data sectors per unit */
139	/*
140	* Spares (bad sector replacements) below
141	* are not counted in d_nsectors or d_secpercyl.
142	* Spare sectors are assumed to be physical sectors
143	* which occupy space at the end of each track and/or cylinder.
144	*/
145	u_short	d_sparespertrack;	/* # of spare sectors per track */
146	u_short	d_sparespercyl;	/* # of spare sectors per cylinder */
147	/*
148	* Alternate cylinders include maintenance, replacement,
149	* configuration description areas, etc.
150	*/
151	u_long	d_acylinders;	/* # of alt. cylinders per unit */
152
153		/* hardware characteristics: */
154	/*
155	* d_interleave, d_trackskew and d_cylskew describe perturbations
156	* in the media format used to compensate for a slow controller.
157	* Interleave is physical sector interleave, set up by the formatter
158	* or controller when formatting.  When interleaving is in use,
159	* logically adjacent sectors are not physically contiguous,
160	* but instead are separated by some number of sectors.
161	* It is specified as the ratio of physical sectors traversed
162	* per logical sector.  Thus an interleave of 1:1 implies contiguous
163	* layout, while 2:1 implies that logical sector 0 is separated
164	* by one sector from logical sector 1.
165	* d_trackskew is the offset of sector 0 on track N
166	* relative to sector 0 on track N-1 on the same cylinder.
167	* Finally, d_cylskew is the offset of sector 0 on cylinder N
168	* relative to sector 0 on cylinder N-1.
169	*/
170	u_short	d_rpm;	/* rotational speed */
171	u_short	d_interleave;	/* hardware sector interleave */
172	u_short	d_trackskew;	/* sector 0 skew, per track */
173	u_short	d_cylskew;	/* sector 0 skew, per cylinder */
174	u_long	d_headswitch;	/* head switch time, usec */
175	u_long	d_trkseek;	/* track-to-track seek, usec */
176	u_long	d_flags;	/* generic flags */
177#define NDDATA 5
178	u_long	d_drivedata[NDDATA];	/* drive-type specific information */
179#define NSPARE 5
180	u_long	d_spare[NSPARE];	/* reserved for future use */
181	u_long	d_magic2;	/* the magic number (again) */
182	u_short	d_checksum;	/* xor of data incl. partitions */
183
184	/* filesystem and partition information: */
185	u_short	d_npartitions;	/* number of partitions in following */
186	u_long	d_bbsize;	/* size of boot area at sn0, bytes */
187	u_long	d_sbsize;	/* max size of fs superblock, bytes */
188	struct	partition {	/* the partition table */
189		u_long	p_size;	/* number of sectors in partition */
190		u_long	p_offset;	/* starting sector */
191		u_long	p_fsize;	/* filesystem basic fragment size */
192		u_char	p_fstype;	/* filesystem type, see below */
193		u_char	p_frag;	/* filesystem fragments per block */
194		u_short	p_cpg;	/* filesystem cylinders per group */
195	} d_partitions[MAXPARTITIONS];	/* actually may be more */
196};
197
198/* d_type values: */
199#define	DTYPE_SMD	1	/* SMD, XSMD; VAX hp/up */
200#define	DTYPE_MSCP	2	/* MSCP */
201#define	DTYPE_DEC	3	/* other DEC (rk, rl) */
202#define	DTYPE_SCSI	4	/* SCSI */
203#define	DTYPE_ESDI	5	/* ESDI interface */
204#define	DTYPE_ST506	6	/* ST506 etc. */
205#define	DTYPE_FLOPPY	10	/* floppy */
206
207#ifdef DKTYPENAMES
208static char *dktypenames[] = {
209	"unknown",
210	"SMD",
211	"MSCP",
212	"old DEC",
213	"SCSI",
214	"ESDI",
215	"type 6",
216	"type 7",
217	"type 8",
218	"type 9",
219	"floppy",
220	0
221};
222#define DKMAXTYPES	(sizeof(dktypenames) / sizeof(dktypenames[0]) - 1)
223#endif
224
225/*
226* Filesystem type and version.
227* Used to interpret other filesystem-specific
228* per-partition information.
229*/
230#define	FS_UNUSED	0	/* unused */
231#define	FS_SWAP		1	/* swap */
232#define	FS_V6		2	/* Sixth Edition */
233#define	FS_V7		3	/* Seventh Edition */
234#define	FS_SYSV		4	/* System V */
235#define	FS_V71K		5	/* V7 with 1K blocks (4.1, 2.9) */
236#define	FS_V8		6	/* Eighth Edition, 4K blocks */
237#define	FS_BSDFFS	7	/* 4.2BSD fast file system */
238
239#ifdef	DKTYPENAMES
240static char *fstypenames[] = {
241	"unused",
242	"swap",
243	"Version 6",
244	"Version 7",
245	"System V",
246	"4.1BSD",
247	"Eighth Edition",
248	"4.2BSD",
249	0
250};
251#define FSMAXTYPES	(sizeof(fstypenames) / sizeof(fstypenames[0]) - 1)
252#endif
253
254/*
255* flags shared by various drives:
256*/
257#define	D_REMOVABLE	0x01	/* removable media */
258#define	D_ECC		0x02	/* supports ECC */
259#define	D_BADSECT	0x04	/* supports bad sector forw. */
260#define	D_RAMDISK	0x08	/* disk emulator */
261#define	D_CHAIN		0x10	/* can do back-back transfers */
262
263/*
264* Drive data for SMD.
265*/
266
267#define	d_smdflags	d_drivedata[0]
268#define	D_SSE		0x1	/* supports skip sectoring */
269#define	d_mindist	d_drivedata[1]
270#define	d_maxdist	d_drivedata[2]
271#define	d_sdist		d_drivedata[3]
272
273/*
274* Drive data for ST506.
275*/
276#define d_precompcyl	d_drivedata[0]
277#define d_gap3		d_drivedata[1]	/* used only when formatting */
278
279#ifndef LOCORE
280/*
281* Structure used to perform a format
282* or other raw operation, returning data
283* and/or register values.
284* Register identification and format
285* are device- and driver-dependent.
286*/
287struct format_op {
288	char	*df_buf;
289	int	df_count;	/* value-result */
290	daddr_t	df_startblk;
291	int	df_reg[8];	/* result */
292};
293
294/*
295* Structure used internally to retrieve
296* information about a partition on a disk.
297*/
298struct partinfo {
299	struct	disklabel *disklab;
300	struct	partition *part;
301};
302
303/*
304* Disk-specific ioctls.
305*/
306	/* get and set disklabel; DIOCGPART used internally */
307#define DIOCGDINFO   _IOR('d', 101, struct disklabel) /* get */
308#define DIOCSDINFO   _IOW('d', 102, struct disklabel) /* set */
309#define DIOCWDINFO   _IOW('d', 103, struct disklabel) /* set, update disk */
310#define DIOCGPART    _IOW('d', 104, struct partinfo)  /* get partition */
311
312/* do format operation, read or write */
313#define DIOCRFORMAT	_IOWR('d', 105, struct format_op)
314#define DIOCWFORMAT	_IOWR('d', 106, struct format_op)
315
316#define DIOCSSTEP	_IOW('d', 107, int) /* set step rate */
317#define DIOCSRETRIES	_IOW('d', 108, int) /* set # of retries */
318#define DIOCWLABEL	_IOW('d', 109, int) /* write en/disable label */
319
320#define DIOCSBAD	_IOW('d', 110, struct dkbad) /* set kernel dkbad */
321
322#endif LOCORE
323.Ed
324.Sh SEE ALSO
325.Xr disktab 5 ,
326.Xr disklabel 8
327.Sh HISTORY
328