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35.Dd September 11, 2016
36.Dt DISKLABEL 5
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm disklabel
40.Nd disk pack label
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In sys/disklabel.h
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44Each disk or disk pack on a system may contain a disk label
45which provides detailed information
46about the geometry of the disk and the partitions into which the disk
47is divided.
48It should be initialized when the disk is formatted,
49and may be changed later with the
50.Xr disklabel 8
51program.
52This information is used by the system disk driver and by the bootstrap
53program to determine how to program the drive
54and where to find the file systems on the disk partitions.
55Additional information is used by the file system in order
56to use the disk most efficiently and to locate important file system information.
57The description of each partition contains an identifier for the partition
58type (standard file system, swap area, etc.).
59The file system updates the in-core copy of the label if it contains
60incomplete information about the file system.
61.Pp
62The label is located in the sector number returned by the
63.Xr getlabelsector 3
64function, usually sector 0 where it may be found
65without any information about the disk geometry.
66It is at an offset (specified by the
67.Xr getlabeloffset 3
68function)
69from the beginning of the sector, to allow room for the initial bootstrap.
70The disk sector containing the label is normally made read-only
71so that it is not accidentally overwritten by pack-to-pack copies
72or swap operations;
73the
74.Dv DIOCWLABEL
75.Xr ioctl 2 ,
76which is done as needed by the
77.Xr disklabel 8
78program.
79.Pp
80A copy of the in-core label for a disk can be obtained with the
81.Dv DIOCGDINFO
82.Xr ioctl 2 ;
83this works with a file descriptor for a block or character (``raw'') device
84for any partition of the disk.
85The in-core copy of the label is set by the
86.Dv DIOCSDINFO
87.Xr ioctl 2 .
88The offset of a partition cannot generally be changed while it is open,
89nor can it be made smaller while it is open.
90One exception is that any change is allowed if no label was found
91on the disk, and the driver was able to construct only a skeletal label
92without partition information.
93Finally, the
94.Dv DIOCWDINFO
95.Xr ioctl 2
96operation sets the in-core label and then updates the on-disk label;
97there must be an existing label on the disk for this operation to succeed.
98Thus, the initial label for a disk or disk pack must be installed
99by writing to the raw disk.
100All of these operations are normally done using
101.Xr disklabel 8 .
102.Pp
103The format of the disk label, as specified in
104.Pa sys/disklabel.h ,
105is
106.Bd -literal
107/*
108 * Disk description table, see disktab(5)
109 */
110#define	_PATH_DISKTAB	"/etc/disktab"
111
112/*
113 * Each disk has a label which includes information about the hardware
114 * disk geometry, file system partitions, and drive specific information.
115 * The location of the label, as well as the number of partitions the
116 * label can describe and the number of the "whole disk" (raw)
117 * partition are machine dependent.
118 */
119#include <machine/disklabel.h>
120
121/*
122 * The absolute maximum number of disk partitions allowed.
123 * This is the maximum value of MAXPARTITIONS for which 'struct disklabel'
124 * is <= DEV_BSIZE bytes long.  If MAXPARTITIONS is greater than this, beware.
125 */
126#define MAXMAXPARTITIONS	22
127#if MAXPARTITIONS > MAXMAXPARTITIONS
128#warning beware: MAXPARTITIONS bigger than MAXMAXPARTITIONS
129#endif
130
131
132#define DISKMAGIC	((u_int32_t)0x82564557) /* The disk magic number */
133
134#ifndef _LOCORE
135struct disklabel {
136	u_int32_t d_magic;		/* the magic number */
137	u_int16_t d_type;		/* drive type */
138	u_int16_t d_subtype;		/* controller/d_type specific */
139	char	  d_typename[16];	/* type name, e.g. "eagle" */
140
141	/*
142	 * d_packname contains the pack identifier and is returned when
143	 * the disklabel is read off the disk or in-core copy.
144	 * d_boot0 and d_boot1 are the (optional) names of the
145	 * primary (block 0) and secondary (block 1-15) bootstraps
146	 * as found in /usr/mdec.  These are returned when using
147	 * getdiskbyname(3) to retrieve the values from /etc/disktab.
148	 */
149	union {
150		char	un_d_packname[16];	/* pack identifier */
151		struct {
152			char *un_d_boot0;	/* primary bootstrap name */
153			char *un_d_boot1;	/* secondary bootstrap name */
154		} un_b;
155	} d_un;
156#define d_packname	d_un.un_d_packname
157#define d_boot0		d_un.un_b.un_d_boot0
158#define d_boot1		d_un.un_b.un_d_boot1
159
160			/* disk geometry: */
161	u_int32_t d_secsize;		/* # of bytes per sector */
162	u_int32_t d_nsectors;		/* # of data sectors per track */
163	u_int32_t d_ntracks;		/* # of tracks per cylinder */
164	u_int32_t d_ncylinders;		/* # of data cylinders per unit */
165	u_int32_t d_secpercyl;		/* # of data sectors per cylinder */
166	u_int32_t d_secperunit;		/* # of data sectors per unit */
167
168	/*
169	 * Spares (bad sector replacements) below are not counted in
170	 * d_nsectors or d_secpercyl.  Spare sectors are assumed to
171	 * be physical sectors which occupy space at the end of each
172	 * track and/or cylinder.
173	 */
174	u_int16_t d_sparespertrack;	/* # of spare sectors per track */
175	u_int16_t d_sparespercyl;	/* # of spare sectors per cylinder */
176	/*
177	 * Alternative cylinders include maintenance, replacement,
178	 * configuration description areas, etc.
179	 */
180	u_int32_t d_acylinders;		/* # of alt. cylinders per unit */
181
182			/* hardware characteristics: */
183	/*
184	 * d_interleave, d_trackskew and d_cylskew describe perturbations
185	 * in the media format used to compensate for a slow controller.
186	 * Interleave is physical sector interleave, set up by the
187	 * formatter or controller when formatting.  When interleaving is
188	 * in use, logically adjacent sectors are not physically
189	 * contiguous, but instead are separated by some number of
190	 * sectors.  It is specified as the ratio of physical sectors
191	 * traversed per logical sector.  Thus an interleave of 1:1
192	 * implies contiguous layout, while 2:1 implies that logical
193	 * sector 0 is separated by one sector from logical sector 1.
194	 * d_trackskew is the offset of sector 0 on track N relative to
195	 * sector 0 on track N-1 on the same cylinder.  Finally, d_cylskew
196	 * is the offset of sector 0 on cylinder N relative to sector 0
197	 * on cylinder N-1.
198	 */
199	u_int16_t d_rpm;		/* rotational speed */
200	u_int16_t d_interleave;		/* hardware sector interleave */
201	u_int16_t d_trackskew;		/* sector 0 skew, per track */
202	u_int16_t d_cylskew;		/* sector 0 skew, per cylinder */
203	u_int32_t d_headswitch;		/* head switch time, usec */
204	u_int32_t d_trkseek;		/* track-to-track seek, usec */
205	u_int32_t d_flags;		/* generic flags */
206#define NDDATA 5
207	u_int32_t d_drivedata[NDDATA];	/* drive-type specific information */
208#define NSPARE 5
209	u_int32_t d_spare[NSPARE];	/* reserved for future use */
210	u_int32_t d_magic2;		/* the magic number (again) */
211	u_int16_t d_checksum;		/* xor of data incl. partitions */
212
213			/* file system and partition information: */
214	u_int16_t d_npartitions;	/* number of partitions in following */
215	u_int32_t d_bbsize;		/* size of boot area at sn0, bytes */
216	u_int32_t d_sbsize;		/* max size of fs superblock, bytes */
217	struct	partition {		/* the partition table */
218		u_int32_t p_size;	/* number of sectors in partition */
219		u_int32_t p_offset;	/* starting sector */
220		u_int32_t p_fsize;	/* file system basic fragment size */
221		u_int8_t p_fstype;	/* file system type, see below */
222		u_int8_t p_frag;	/* file system fragments per block */
223		union {
224			u_int16_t cpg;	/* UFS: FS cylinders per group */
225			u_int16_t sgs;	/* LFS: FS segment shift */
226		} __partition_u1;
227#define	p_cpg	__partition_u1.cpg
228#define	p_sgs	__partition_u1.sgs
229	} d_partitions[MAXPARTITIONS];	/* actually may be more */
230};
231#else /* _LOCORE */
232	/*
233	 * offsets for asm boot files.
234	 */
235	.set	d_secsize,40
236	.set	d_nsectors,44
237	.set	d_ntracks,48
238	.set	d_ncylinders,52
239	.set	d_secpercyl,56
240	.set	d_secperunit,60
241	.set	d_end_,276		/* size of disk label */
242#endif /* _LOCORE */
243
244/* d_type values: */
245#define	DTYPE_SMD	1	/* SMD, XSMD; VAX hp/up */
246#define	DTYPE_MSCP	2	/* MSCP */
247#define	DTYPE_DEC	3	/* other DEC (rk, rl) */
248#define	DTYPE_SCSI	4	/* SCSI */
249#define	DTYPE_ESDI	5	/* ESDI interface */
250#define	DTYPE_ST506	6	/* ST506 etc. */
251#define	DTYPE_HPIB	7	/* CS/80 on HP-IB */
252#define	DTYPE_HPFL	8	/* HP Fiber-link */
253#define	DTYPE_FLOPPY	10	/* floppy */
254#define DTYPE_CCD	11	/* concatenated disk device */
255#define DTYPE_VND	12	/* vnode pseudo-disk */
256#define DTYPE_ATAPI	13	/* ATAPI */
257#define DTYPE_RAID	14	/* RAIDframe */
258#define DTYPE_LD	15	/* logical disk */
259#define DTYPE_JFS2	16	/* IBM JFS2 */
260#define DTYPE_CGD	17	/* cryptographic pseudo-disk */
261#define DTYPE_VINUM	18	/* vinum volume obsolete */
262#define DTYPE_FLASH	19	/* flash memory device */
263
264#ifdef DKTYPENAMES
265static const char *const dktypenames[] = {
266	"unknown",
267	"SMD",
268	"MSCP",
269	"old DEC",
270	"SCSI",
271	"ESDI",
272	"ST506",
273	"HP-IB",
274	"HP-FL",
275	"type 9",
276	"floppy",
277	"ccd",
278	"vnd",
279	"ATAPI",
280	"RAID",
281	"ld",
282	"jfs",
283	"cgd",
284	"obsolete vinum",
285	"flash",
286	NULL
287};
288#define DKMAXTYPES	(sizeof(dktypenames) / sizeof(dktypenames[0]) - 1)
289#endif
290
291/*
292 * Filesystem type and version.
293 * Used to interpret other file system-specific
294 * per-partition information.
295 */
296#define	FS_UNUSED	0	/* unused */
297#define	FS_SWAP		1	/* swap */
298#define	FS_V6		2	/* Sixth Edition */
299#define	FS_V7		3	/* Seventh Edition */
300#define	FS_SYSV		4	/* System V */
301#define	FS_V71K		5	/* V7 with 1K blocks (4.1, 2.9) */
302#define	FS_V8		6	/* Eighth Edition, 4K blocks */
303#define	FS_BSDFFS	7	/* 4.2BSD fast file system */
304#define	FS_MSDOS	8	/* MSDOS file system */
305#define	FS_BSDLFS	9	/* 4.4BSD log-structured file system */
306#define	FS_OTHER	10	/* in use, but unknown/unsupported */
307#define	FS_HPFS		11	/* OS/2 high-performance file system */
308#define	FS_ISO9660	12	/* ISO 9660, normally CD-ROM */
309#define	FS_BOOT		13	/* partition contains bootstrap */
310#define	FS_ADOS		14	/* AmigaDOS fast file system */
311#define	FS_HFS		15	/* Macintosh HFS */
312#define	FS_FILECORE	16	/* Acorn Filecore Filing System */
313#define	FS_EX2FS	17	/* Linux Extended 2 file system */
314#define	FS_NTFS		18	/* Windows/NT file system */
315#define	FS_RAID		19	/* RAIDframe component */
316#define	FS_CCD		20	/* concatenated disk component */
317#define	FS_JFS2		21	/* IBM JFS2 */
318#define	FS_APPLEUFS	22	/* Apple UFS */
319#define	FS_VINUM	23	/* Vinum */
320
321#ifdef	FSTYPENAMES
322static const char *const fstypenames[] = {
323	"unused",
324	"swap",
325	"Version 6",
326	"Version 7",
327	"System V",
328	"4.1BSD",
329	"Eighth Edition",
330	"4.2BSD",
331	"MSDOS",
332	"4.4LFS",
333	"unknown",
334	"HPFS",
335	"ISO9660",
336	"boot",
337	"ADOS",
338	"HFS",
339	"FILECORE",
340	"Linux Ext2",
341	"NTFS",
342	"RAID",
343	"ccd",
344	"jfs",
345	"Apple UFS",
346	"obsolete vinum",
347	NULL
348};
349#define FSMAXTYPES	(sizeof(fstypenames) / sizeof(fstypenames[0]) - 1)
350#endif
351
352/*
353 * flags shared by various drives:
354 */
355#define	D_REMOVABLE	0x01	/* removable media */
356#define	D_ECC		0x02	/* supports ECC */
357#define	D_BADSECT	0x04	/* supports bad sector forw. */
358#define	D_RAMDISK	0x08	/* disk emulator */
359#define	D_CHAIN		0x10	/* can do back-back transfers */
360
361/*
362 * Drive data for SMD.
363 */
364
365#define	d_smdflags	d_drivedata[0]
366#define	D_SSE		0x1	/* supports skip sectoring */
367#define	d_mindist	d_drivedata[1]
368#define	d_maxdist	d_drivedata[2]
369#define	d_sdist		d_drivedata[3]
370
371/*
372 * Drive data for ST506.
373 */
374#define d_precompcyl	d_drivedata[0]
375#define d_gap3		d_drivedata[1]	/* used only when formatting */
376
377/*
378 * Drive data for SCSI.
379 */
380#define	d_blind		d_drivedata[0]
381
382#ifndef _LOCORE
383/*
384 * Structure used to perform a format or other raw operation,
385 * returning data and/or register values.  Register identification
386 * and format are device- and driver-dependent.
387 */
388struct format_op {
389	char	*df_buf;
390	int	df_count;	/* value-result */
391	daddr_t	df_startblk;
392	int	df_reg[8];	/* result */
393};
394
395/*
396 * Structure used internally to retrieve information about a partition
397 * on a disk.
398 */
399struct partinfo {
400	struct	disklabel *disklab;
401	struct	partition *part;
402};
403.Ed
404.Pp
405Disk specific ioctls are defined in
406.Pa sys/dkio.h .
407.Bd -literal
408.Pp
409/*
410 * Disk-specific ioctls.
411 */
412	/* get and set disklabel; DIOCGPART used internally */
413#define DIOCGDINFO   _IOR('d', 101, struct disklabel) /* get */
414#define DIOCSDINFO   _IOW('d', 102, struct disklabel) /* set */
415#define DIOCWDINFO   _IOW('d', 103, struct disklabel) /* set, update disk */
416#define DIOCGPART    _IOW('d', 104, struct partinfo)  /* get partition */
417
418	/* do format operation, read or write */
419#define DIOCRFORMAT	_IOWR('d', 105, struct format_op)
420#define DIOCWFORMAT	_IOWR('d', 106, struct format_op)
421
422#define DIOCSSTEP	_IOW('d', 107, int) /* set step rate */
423#define DIOCSRETRIES	_IOW('d', 108, int) /* set # of retries */
424#define DIOCKLABEL	_IOW('d', 119, int) /* keep/drop label on close? */
425#define DIOCWLABEL	_IOW('d', 109, int) /* write en/disable label */
426
427#define DIOCSBAD	_IOW('d', 110, struct dkbad) /* set kernel dkbad */
428#define DIOCEJECT	_IOW('d', 112, int) /* eject removable disk */
429#define DIOCLOCK	_IOW('d', 113, int) /* lock/unlock pack */
430
431	/* get default label, clear label */
432#define	DIOCGDEFLABEL	_IOR('d', 114, struct disklabel)
433#define	DIOCCLRLABEL	_IO('d', 115)
434.Ed
435.Sh SEE ALSO
436.Xr disktab 5 ,
437.Xr disklabel 8 ,
438.Xr dkctl 8
439.\" .Sh HISTORY
440