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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libgeom/libgeom.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libgeom/libgeom.3 | 29 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libgeom/libgeom.3 b/lib/libgeom/libgeom.3 index 4c2682d..9272d3b 100644 --- a/lib/libgeom/libgeom.3 +++ b/lib/libgeom/libgeom.3 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 6, 2007 +.Dd September 8, 2008 .Dt LIBGEOM 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -52,9 +52,11 @@ .Nm g_sectorsize , .Nm g_flush , .Nm g_delete , +.Nm g_device_path , .Nm g_get_ident , .Nm g_get_name , -.Nm g_open_by_ident +.Nm g_open_by_ident , +.Nm g_providername .Nd userland API library for kernel GEOM subsystem .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libgeom @@ -103,12 +105,16 @@ .Fn g_flush "int fd" .Ft int .Fn g_delete "int fd" "off_t offset" "off_t length" +.Ft "char *" +.Fn g_device_path "const char *devpath" .Ft int .Fn g_get_ident "int fd" "char *ident" "size_t size" .Ft int .Fn g_get_name "const char *ident" "char *name" "size_t size" .Ft int .Fn g_open_by_ident "const char *ident" "int dowrite" "char *name" "size_t size" +.Ft "char *" +.Fn g_providername "int fd" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm geom @@ -301,6 +307,13 @@ The function tells the provider that the given data range is no longer used. .Pp The +.Fn g_device_path +function returns the full path to a provider given a partial or full path to the +device node. +If the device can not be found or is not a valid geom provider, NULL is +returned. +.Pp +The .Fn g_get_ident function returns provider's fixed and unique identifier. The @@ -326,7 +339,17 @@ argument is not .Dv NULL , the function will store provider's name there. .Pp -All functions return value greater than or equal to +The +.Fn g_providername +function returns the provider name of an open file descriptor. +If the file descriptor does not point to a valid geom provider, NULL is +returned. +.Pp +All functions except +.Fn g_providername +and +.Fn g_device_path +return a value greater than or equal to .Va 0 on success or .Va -1 |
