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diff --git a/include/part.h b/include/part.h index ebca546db5..0b5cf3d5e8 100644 --- a/include/part.h +++ b/include/part.h @@ -202,6 +202,27 @@ int part_get_info_by_name(struct blk_desc *dev_desc, const char *name, disk_partition_t *info); /** + * Get partition info from dev number + part name, or dev number + part number. + * + * Parse a device number and partition description (either name or number) + * in the form of device number plus partition name separated by a "#" + * (like "device_num#partition_name") or a device number plus a partition number + * separated by a ":". For example both "0#misc" and "0:1" can be valid + * partition descriptions for a given interface. If the partition is found, sets + * dev_desc and part_info accordingly with the information of the partition. + * + * @param[in] dev_iface Device interface + * @param[in] dev_part_str Input partition description, like "0#misc" or "0:1" + * @param[out] dev_desc Place to store the device description pointer + * @param[out] part_info Place to store the partition information + * @return 0 on success, or a negative on error + */ +int part_get_info_by_dev_and_name_or_num(const char *dev_iface, + const char *dev_part_str, + struct blk_desc **dev_desc, + disk_partition_t *part_info); + +/** * part_set_generic_name() - create generic partition like hda1 or sdb2 * * Helper function for partition tables, which don't hold partition names |