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+/*-
+ * Copyright (c) 2003 Poul-Henning Kamp
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+ * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+ * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+ * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+ * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+ * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+ * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+ * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+ * SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+/* Functions to encode or decode struct dos_partition into a bytestream
+ * of correct endianess and packing.  These functions do no validation
+ * or sanity checking, they only pack/unpack the fields correctly.
+ *
+ * NB!  This file must be usable both in kernel and userland.
+ */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/endian.h>
+
+#include "diskmbr.h"
+
+static __inline uint32_t __unused
+le32dec(const void *buf)
+{
+        const uint8_t *p = (const uint8_t *)buf;
+
+        return ((p[3] << 24) | (p[2] << 16) | (p[1] << 8) | p[0]);
+}
+
+static __inline void
+le32enc(void *pp, uint32_t u)
+{
+        unsigned char *p = (unsigned char *)pp;
+
+        p[0] = u & 0xff;
+        p[1] = (u >> 8) & 0xff;
+        p[2] = (u >> 16) & 0xff;
+        p[3] = (u >> 24) & 0xff;
+}
+
+void
+dos_partition_dec(void const *pp, struct dos_partition *d)
+{
+        unsigned char const *p = pp;
+
+        d->dp_flag = p[0];
+        d->dp_shd = p[1];
+        d->dp_ssect = p[2];
+        d->dp_scyl = p[3];
+        d->dp_typ = p[4];
+        d->dp_ehd = p[5];
+        d->dp_esect = p[6];
+        d->dp_ecyl = p[7];
+        d->dp_start = le32dec(p + 8);
+        d->dp_size = le32dec(p + 12);
+}
+
+void
+dos_partition_enc(void *pp, struct dos_partition *d)
+{
+        unsigned char *p = pp;
+
+        p[0] = d->dp_flag;
+        p[1] = d->dp_shd;
+        p[2] = d->dp_ssect;
+        p[3] = d->dp_scyl;
+        p[4] = d->dp_typ;
+        p[5] = d->dp_ehd;
+        p[6] = d->dp_esect;
+        p[7] = d->dp_ecyl;
+        le32enc(p + 8, d->dp_start);
+        le32enc(p + 12, d->dp_size);
+}