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+#ifndef UTIL_LINUX_PT_MBR_H
+#define UTIL_LINUX_PT_MBR_H
+
+struct dos_partition {
+	unsigned char boot_ind;		/* 0x80 - active */
+	unsigned char bh, bs, bc;	/* begin CHS */
+	unsigned char sys_ind;
+	unsigned char eh, es, ec;	/* end CHS */
+	unsigned char start_sect[4];
+	unsigned char nr_sects[4];
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+#define MBR_PT_OFFSET		0x1be
+
+static inline struct dos_partition *mbr_get_partition(unsigned char *mbr, int i)
+{
+	return (struct dos_partition *)
+		(mbr + MBR_PT_OFFSET + (i * sizeof(struct dos_partition)));
+}
+
+/* assemble badly aligned little endian integer */
+static inline unsigned int __dos_assemble_4le(const unsigned char *p)
+{
+	return p[0] | (p[1] << 8) | (p[2] << 16) | (p[3] << 24);
+}
+
+static inline void __dos_store_4le(unsigned char *p, unsigned int val)
+{
+	p[0] = (val & 0xff);
+	p[1] = ((val >> 8) & 0xff);
+	p[2] = ((val >> 16) & 0xff);
+	p[3] = ((val >> 24) & 0xff);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int dos_partition_get_start(struct dos_partition *p)
+{
+	return __dos_assemble_4le(&(p->start_sect[0]));
+}
+
+static inline void dos_partition_set_start(struct dos_partition *p, unsigned int n)
+{
+	__dos_store_4le(p->start_sect, n);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int dos_partition_get_size(struct dos_partition *p)
+{
+	return __dos_assemble_4le(&(p->nr_sects[0]));
+}
+
+static inline void dos_partition_set_size(struct dos_partition *p, unsigned int n)
+{
+	__dos_store_4le(p->nr_sects, n);
+}
+
+static inline int mbr_is_valid_magic(const unsigned char *mbr)
+{
+	return mbr[510] == 0x55 && mbr[511] == 0xaa ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+static inline void mbr_set_magic(unsigned char *b)
+{
+	b[510] = 0x55;
+	b[511] = 0xaa;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int mbr_get_id(const unsigned char *mbr)
+{
+	return __dos_assemble_4le(&mbr[440]);
+}
+
+static inline void mbr_set_id(unsigned char *b, unsigned int id)
+{
+	__dos_store_4le(&b[440], id);
+}
+
+enum {
+	MBR_EMPTY_PARTITION		= 0x00,
+	MBR_FAT12_PARTITION		= 0x01,
+	MBR_XENIX_ROOT_PARTITION	= 0x02,
+	MBR_XENIX_USR_PARTITION		= 0x03,
+	MBR_FAT16_LESS32M_PARTITION	= 0x04,
+	MBR_DOS_EXTENDED_PARTITION	= 0x05,
+	MBR_FAT16_PARTITION		= 0x06, /* DOS 16-bit >=32M */
+	MBR_HPFS_NTFS_PARTITION		= 0x07, /* OS/2 IFS, eg, HPFS or NTFS or QNX */
+	MBR_AIX_PARTITION		= 0x08, /* AIX boot (AIX -- PS/2 port) or SplitDrive */
+	MBR_AIX_BOOTABLE_PARTITION	= 0x09, /* AIX data or Coherent */
+	MBR_OS2_BOOTMNGR_PARTITION	= 0x0a, /* OS/2 Boot Manager */
+	MBR_W95_FAT32_PARTITION		= 0x0b,
+	MBR_W95_FAT32_LBA_PARTITION	= 0x0c, /* LBA really is `Extended Int 13h' */
+	MBR_W95_FAT16_LBA_PARTITION	= 0x0e,
+	MBR_W95_EXTENDED_PARTITION	= 0x0f,
+	MBR_OPUS_PARTITION		= 0x10,
+	MBR_HIDDEN_FAT12_PARTITION	= 0x11,
+	MBR_COMPAQ_DIAGNOSTICS_PARTITION = 0x12,
+	MBR_HIDDEN_FAT16_L32M_PARTITION	= 0x14,
+	MBR_HIDDEN_FAT16_PARTITION	= 0x16,
+	MBR_HIDDEN_HPFS_NTFS_PARTITION	= 0x17,
+	MBR_AST_SMARTSLEEP_PARTITION	= 0x18,
+	MBR_HIDDEN_W95_FAT32_PARTITION	= 0x1b,
+	MBR_HIDDEN_W95_FAT32LBA_PARTITION = 0x1c,
+	MBR_HIDDEN_W95_FAT16LBA_PARTITION = 0x1e,
+	MBR_NEC_DOS_PARTITION		= 0x24,
+	MBR_PLAN9_PARTITION		= 0x39,
+	MBR_PARTITIONMAGIC_PARTITION	= 0x3c,
+	MBR_VENIX80286_PARTITION	= 0x40,
+	MBR_PPC_PREP_BOOT_PARTITION	= 0x41,
+	MBR_SFS_PARTITION		= 0x42,
+	MBR_QNX_4X_PARTITION		= 0x4d,
+	MBR_QNX_4X_2ND_PARTITION	= 0x4e,
+	MBR_QNX_4X_3RD_PARTITION	= 0x4f,
+	MBR_DM_PARTITION		= 0x50,
+	MBR_DM6_AUX1_PARTITION		= 0x51, /* (or Novell) */
+	MBR_CPM_PARTITION		= 0x52, /* CP/M or Microport SysV/AT */
+	MBR_DM6_AUX3_PARTITION		= 0x53,
+	MBR_DM6_PARTITION		= 0x54,
+	MBR_EZ_DRIVE_PARTITION		= 0x55,
+	MBR_GOLDEN_BOW_PARTITION	= 0x56,
+	MBR_PRIAM_EDISK_PARTITION	= 0x5c,
+	MBR_SPEEDSTOR_PARTITION		= 0x61,
+	MBR_GNU_HURD_PARTITION		= 0x63, /* GNU HURD or Mach or Sys V/386 (such as ISC UNIX) */
+	MBR_UNIXWARE_PARTITION		= MBR_GNU_HURD_PARTITION,
+	MBR_NETWARE_286_PARTITION	= 0x64,
+	MBR_NETWARE_386_PARTITION	= 0x65,
+	MBR_DISKSECURE_MULTIBOOT_PARTITION = 0x70,
+	MBR_PC_IX_PARTITION		= 0x75,
+	MBR_OLD_MINIX_PARTITION		= 0x80, /* Minix 1.4a and earlier */
+	MBR_MINIX_PARTITION		= 0x81, /* Minix 1.4b and later */
+	MBR_LINUX_SWAP_PARTITION	= 0x82,
+	MBR_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION	= MBR_LINUX_SWAP_PARTITION,
+	MBR_LINUX_DATA_PARTITION	= 0x83,
+	MBR_OS2_HIDDEN_DRIVE_PARTITION	= 0x84,
+	MBR_LINUX_EXTENDED_PARTITION	= 0x85,
+	MBR_NTFS_VOL_SET1_PARTITION	= 0x86,
+	MBR_NTFS_VOL_SET2_PARTITION	= 0x87,
+	MBR_LINUX_PLAINTEXT_PARTITION	= 0x88,
+	MBR_LINUX_LVM_PARTITION		= 0x8e,
+	MBR_AMOEBA_PARTITION		= 0x93,
+	MBR_AMOEBA_BBT_PARTITION	= 0x94, /* (bad block table) */
+	MBR_BSD_OS_PARTITION		= 0x9f, /* BSDI */
+	MBR_THINKPAD_HIBERNATION_PARTITION = 0xa0,
+	MBR_FREEBSD_PARTITION		= 0xa5, /* various BSD flavours */
+	MBR_OPENBSD_PARTITION		= 0xa6,
+	MBR_NEXTSTEP_PARTITION		= 0xa7,
+	MBR_DARWIN_UFS_PARTITION	= 0xa8,
+	MBR_NETBSD_PARTITION		= 0xa9,
+	MBR_DARWIN_BOOT_PARTITION	= 0xab,
+	MBR_HFS_HFS_PARTITION		= 0xaf,
+	MBR_BSDI_FS_PARTITION		= 0xb7,
+	MBR_BSDI_SWAP_PARTITION		= 0xb8,
+	MBR_BOOTWIZARD_HIDDEN_PARTITION	= 0xbb,
+	MBR_SOLARIS_BOOT_PARTITION	= 0xbe,
+	MBR_SOLARIS_PARTITION		= 0xbf,
+	MBR_DRDOS_FAT12_PARTITION	= 0xc1,
+	MBR_DRDOS_FAT16_L32M_PARTITION	= 0xc4,
+	MBR_DRDOS_FAT16_PARTITION	= 0xc6,
+	MBR_SYRINX_PARTITION		= 0xc7,
+	MBR_NONFS_DATA_PARTITION	= 0xda,
+	MBR_CPM_CTOS_PARTITION		= 0xdb, /* CP/M or Concurrent CP/M or Concurrent DOS or CTOS */
+	MBR_DELL_UTILITY_PARTITION	= 0xde, /* Dell PowerEdge Server utilities */
+	MBR_BOOTIT_PARTITION		= 0xdf, /* BootIt EMBRM */
+	MBR_DOS_ACCESS_PARTITION	= 0xe1, /* DOS access or SpeedStor 12-bit FAT extended partition */
+	MBR_DOS_RO_PARTITION		= 0xe3, /* DOS R/O or SpeedStor */
+	MBR_SPEEDSTOR_EXTENDED_PARTITION = 0xe4, /* SpeedStor 16-bit FAT extended partition < 1024 cyl. */
+	MBR_BEOS_FS_PARTITION		= 0xeb,
+	MBR_GPT_PARTITION		= 0xee, /* Intel EFI GUID Partition Table */
+	MBR_EFI_SYSTEM_PARTITION	= 0xef, /* Intel EFI System Partition */
+	MBR_LINUX_PARISC_BOOT_PARTITION	= 0xf0, /* Linux/PA-RISC boot loader */
+	MBR_SPEEDSTOR1_PARTITION	= 0xf1,
+	MBR_SPEEDSTOR2_PARTITION	= 0xf4, /* SpeedStor large partition */
+	MBR_DOS_SECONDARY_PARTITION	= 0xf2, /* DOS 3.3+ secondary */
+	MBR_VMWARE_VMFS_PARTITION	= 0xfb,
+	MBR_VMWARE_VMKCORE_PARTITION	= 0xfc, /* VMware kernel dump partition */
+	MBR_LINUX_RAID_PARTITION	= 0xfd, /* New (2.2.x) raid partition with autodetect using persistent superblock */
+	MBR_LANSTEP_PARTITION		= 0xfe, /* SpeedStor >1024 cyl. or LANstep */
+	MBR_XENIX_BBT_PARTITION		= 0xff, /* Xenix Bad Block Table */
+};
+
+#endif /* UTIL_LINUX_PT_MBR_H */