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@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct hd_geometry {
.in
.IP
A pointer to this structure is passed as the
-.BR ioctl (2)
+.MR ioctl 2
parameter.
.IP
The information returned in the parameter is the disk geometry of the drive
@@ -79,17 +79,17 @@ the physical geometry of the drive.
It is used when constructing the
drive's partition table, however, and is needed for convenient operation
of
-.BR fdisk (1),
-.BR efdisk (1),
+.MR fdisk 1 ,
+.MR efdisk 1 ,
and
-.BR lilo (1).
+.MR lilo 1 .
If the geometry information is not available, zero will be returned for all
of the parameters.
.TP
.B BLKGETSIZE
Returns the device size in sectors.
The
-.BR ioctl (2)
+.MR ioctl 2
parameter should be a pointer to a
.IR long .
.TP
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ Forces a reread of the SCSI disk partition tables.
No parameter is needed.
.IP
The SCSI
-.BR ioctl (2)
+.MR ioctl 2
operations are also supported.
If the
-.BR ioctl (2)
+.MR ioctl 2
parameter is required, and it is NULL, then
-.BR ioctl (2)
+.MR ioctl 2
fails with the error
.BR EINVAL .
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