--- /dev/null
+#ifndef BLKDEV_H
+#define BLKDEV_H
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_IOCCOM_H
+# include <sys/ioccom.h> /* for _IO macro on e.g. Solaris */
+#endif
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_MKDEV_H
+# include <sys/mkdev.h> /* major and minor on Solaris */
+#endif
+
+#define DEFAULT_SECTOR_SIZE 512
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+/* very basic ioclts, should be available everywhere */
+# ifndef BLKROSET
+# define BLKROSET _IO(0x12,93) /* set device read-only (0 = read-write) */
+# define BLKROGET _IO(0x12,94) /* get read-only status (0 = read_write) */
+# define BLKRRPART _IO(0x12,95) /* re-read partition table */
+# define BLKGETSIZE _IO(0x12,96) /* return device size /512 (long *arg) */
+# define BLKFLSBUF _IO(0x12,97) /* flush buffer cache */
+# define BLKRASET _IO(0x12,98) /* set read ahead for block device */
+# define BLKRAGET _IO(0x12,99) /* get current read ahead setting */
+# define BLKFRASET _IO(0x12,100) /* set filesystem (mm/filemap.c) read-ahead */
+# define BLKFRAGET _IO(0x12,101) /* get filesystem (mm/filemap.c) read-ahead */
+# define BLKSECTSET _IO(0x12,102) /* set max sectors per request (ll_rw_blk.c) */
+# define BLKSECTGET _IO(0x12,103) /* get max sectors per request (ll_rw_blk.c) */
+# define BLKSSZGET _IO(0x12,104) /* get block device sector size */
+
+/* ioctls introduced in 2.2.16, removed in 2.5.58 */
+# define BLKELVGET _IOR(0x12,106,size_t) /* elevator get */
+# define BLKELVSET _IOW(0x12,107,size_t) /* elevator set */
+
+# define BLKBSZGET _IOR(0x12,112,size_t)
+# define BLKBSZSET _IOW(0x12,113,size_t)
+# endif /* !BLKROSET */
+
+# ifndef BLKGETSIZE64
+# define BLKGETSIZE64 _IOR(0x12,114,size_t) /* return device size in bytes (u64 *arg) */
+# endif
+
+/* block device topology ioctls, introduced in 2.6.32 (commit ac481c20) */
+# ifndef BLKIOMIN
+# define BLKIOMIN _IO(0x12,120)
+# define BLKIOOPT _IO(0x12,121)
+# define BLKALIGNOFF _IO(0x12,122)
+# define BLKPBSZGET _IO(0x12,123)
+# endif
+
+/* discard zeroes support, introduced in 2.6.33 (commit 98262f27) */
+# ifndef BLKDISCARDZEROES
+# define BLKDISCARDZEROES _IO(0x12,124)
+# endif
+
+/* filesystem freeze, introduced in 2.6.29 (commit fcccf502) */
+# ifndef FIFREEZE
+# define FIFREEZE _IOWR('X', 119, int) /* Freeze */
+# define FITHAW _IOWR('X', 120, int) /* Thaw */
+# endif
+
+#endif /* __linux */
+
+#ifdef APPLE_DARWIN
+# define BLKGETSIZE DKIOCGETBLOCKCOUNT32
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HDIO_GETGEO
+# ifdef __linux__
+# define HDIO_GETGEO 0x0301
+# endif
+
+/* uniform CD-ROM information */
+#ifndef CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY
+# define CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY 0x5331
+#endif
+
+struct hd_geometry {
+ unsigned char heads;
+ unsigned char sectors;
+ unsigned short cylinders; /* truncated */
+ unsigned long start;
+};
+#endif
+
+/* are we working with block device? */
+int is_blkdev(int fd);
+
+/* Determine size in bytes */
+off_t blkdev_find_size (int fd);
+
+/* get size in bytes */
+int blkdev_get_size(int fd, unsigned long long *bytes);
+
+/* get 512-byte sector count */
+int blkdev_get_sectors(int fd, unsigned long long *sectors);
+
+/* get hardware sector size */
+int blkdev_get_sector_size(int fd, int *sector_size);
+
+/* specifies whether or not the device is misaligned */
+int blkdev_is_misaligned(int fd);
+
+/* get physical block device size */
+int blkdev_get_physector_size(int fd, int *sector_size);
+
+/* is the device cdrom capable? */
+int blkdev_is_cdrom(int fd);
+
+#endif /* BLKDEV_H */