biosize(9F)

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Name

biosize– returns size of a buffer structure

Synopsis

#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>



size_tbiosize(void)

Interface Level

Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).

Description

The biosize() function returns the size in bytes of the buf(9S) structure. The biosize() function is used by drivers in combination with kmem_alloc(9F) and bioinit(9F) to allocate buffer structures embedded in other data structures.

Context

The biosize() function can be called from any context.

See Also

biofini(9F), bioinit(9F), getrbuf(9F), kmem_alloc(9F), buf(9S)

Writing Device Drivers

SunOS 5.10  Last Revised 20 Nov 1996

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