+ ("blockdev_setro", (RErr, [String "device"]), 56, [],
+ [InitEmpty, TestOutputTrue (
+ [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
+ ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
+ "set block device to read-only",
+ "\
+Sets the block device named C<device> to read-only.
+
+This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
+
+ ("blockdev_setrw", (RErr, [String "device"]), 57, [],
+ [InitEmpty, TestOutputFalse (
+ [["blockdev_setrw"; "/dev/sda"];
+ ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
+ "set block device to read-write",
+ "\
+Sets the block device named C<device> to read-write.
+
+This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
+
+ ("blockdev_getro", (RBool "ro", [String "device"]), 58, [],
+ [InitEmpty, TestOutputTrue (
+ [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
+ ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
+ "is block device set to read-only",
+ "\
+Returns a boolean indicating if the block device is read-only
+(true if read-only, false if not).
+
+This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
+
+ ("blockdev_getss", (RInt "sectorsize", [String "device"]), 59, [],
+ [InitEmpty, TestOutputInt (
+ [["blockdev_getss"; "/dev/sda"]], 512)],
+ "get sectorsize of block device",
+ "\
+This returns the size of sectors on a block device.
+Usually 512, but can be larger for modern devices.
+
+(Note, this is not the size in sectors, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>
+for that).
+
+This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
+
+ ("blockdev_getbsz", (RInt "blocksize", [String "device"]), 60, [],
+ [InitEmpty, TestOutputInt (
+ [["blockdev_getbsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 4096)],
+ "get blocksize of block device",
+ "\
+This returns the block size of a device.
+
+(Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
+I<filesystem block size>).
+
+This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
+
+ ("blockdev_setbsz", (RErr, [String "device"; Int "blocksize"]), 61, [],
+ [], (* XXX test *)
+ "set blocksize of block device",
+ "\
+This sets the block size of a device.
+
+(Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
+I<filesystem block size>).
+
+This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
+
+ ("blockdev_getsz", (RInt64 "sizeinsectors", [String "device"]), 62, [],
+ [InitEmpty, TestOutputInt (
+ [["blockdev_getsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 1024000)],
+ "get total size of device in 512-byte sectors",
+ "\
+This returns the size of the device in units of 512-byte sectors
+(even if the sectorsize isn't 512 bytes ... weird).
+
+See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getss> for the real sector size of
+the device, and C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64> for the more
+useful I<size in bytes>.
+
+This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
+
+ ("blockdev_getsize64", (RInt64 "sizeinbytes", [String "device"]), 63, [],
+ [InitEmpty, TestOutputInt (
+ [["blockdev_getsize64"; "/dev/sda"]], 524288000)],
+ "get total size of device in bytes",
+ "\
+This returns the size of the device in bytes.
+
+See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>.
+
+This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
+
+ ("blockdev_flushbufs", (RErr, [String "device"]), 64, [],
+ [InitEmpty, TestRun
+ [["blockdev_flushbufs"; "/dev/sda"]]],
+ "flush device buffers",
+ "\
+This tells the kernel to flush internal buffers associated
+with C<device>.
+
+This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
+
+ ("blockdev_rereadpt", (RErr, [String "device"]), 65, [],
+ [InitEmpty, TestRun
+ [["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"]]],
+ "reread partition table",
+ "\
+Reread the partition table on C<device>.
+
+This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
+