You can use get_capacity() to get disk capacity......
<in genhd.h>
static inline sector_t get_capacity(struct gendisk *disk)
{
return disk->capacity;
}
Thanks,
Vinod
On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 Ahmed A wrote :
>Hello,
>
>In kernel 2.4, there were global varibles that could
>be accessed to find out the capacity, sector size etc.
>of block devices. In 2.6, these global variables does
>not exist. Can someone tell me how I can get the
>properties (capacity, etc.) of block devices. Is
>there an API. I would like to obtain these info from
>within my driver (kernel space).
>
>Can someone point me to some website that explains
>this part in deatails. I have read the article on LWN
>on Driver porting to 2.6.
>
>Thank you,
>Ahmed.
>
>
>
>
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