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+#ifndef _IPXE_BLOCKDEV_H
+#define _IPXE_BLOCKDEV_H
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * Block devices
+ *
+ */
+
+FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <ipxe/uaccess.h>
+#include <ipxe/interface.h>
+
+/** Block device capacity */
+struct block_device_capacity {
+ /** Total number of blocks */
+ uint64_t blocks;
+ /** Block size */
+ size_t blksize;
+ /** Maximum number of blocks per single transfer */
+ unsigned int max_count;
+};
+
+extern int block_read ( struct interface *control, struct interface *data,
+ uint64_t lba, unsigned int count,
+ userptr_t buffer, size_t len );
+#define block_read_TYPE( object_type ) \
+ typeof ( int ( object_type, struct interface *data, \
+ uint64_t lba, unsigned int count, \
+ userptr_t buffer, size_t len ) )
+
+extern int block_write ( struct interface *control, struct interface *data,
+ uint64_t lba, unsigned int count,
+ userptr_t buffer, size_t len );
+#define block_write_TYPE( object_type ) \
+ typeof ( int ( object_type, struct interface *data, \
+ uint64_t lba, unsigned int count, \
+ userptr_t buffer, size_t len ) )
+
+extern int block_read_capacity ( struct interface *control,
+ struct interface *data );
+#define block_read_capacity_TYPE( object_type ) \
+ typeof ( int ( object_type, struct interface *data ) )
+
+extern void block_capacity ( struct interface *intf,
+ struct block_device_capacity *capacity );
+#define block_capacity_TYPE( object_type ) \
+ typeof ( void ( object_type, \
+ struct block_device_capacity *capacity ) )
+
+
+#endif /* _IPXE_BLOCKDEV_H */