Name

i2o_block_device_alloc — Allocate memory for a I2O Block device

Synopsis

struct i2o_block_device * i2o_block_device_alloc ( void);
 

Arguments

void

no arguments

Description

Allocate memory for the i2o_block_device struct, gendisk and request queue and initialize them as far as no additional information is needed.

Returns a pointer to the allocated I2O Block device on success or a negative error code on failure.