doFormatMedia

Declaration

virtual IOReturn doFormatMedia(
 UInt64byteCapacity) = 0;

Parameters

• byteCapacity:

  The byte capacity to which the device is to be formatted, if possible.

Overview

The specified byte capacity must be one supported by the device. Supported capacities can be obtained by calling doGetFormatCapacities.

See Also

Miscellaneous

• doAsyncReadWrite
• doEjectMedia
• doGetFormatCapacities
• doSynchronizeCache
• doUnmap
• getAdditionalDeviceInfoString
• getProductString
• getRevisionString
• getVendorString
• getWriteCacheState
• init
• reportBlockSize
• reportEjectability
• reportMaxValidBlock
• reportMediaState
• reportRemovability
• reportWriteProtection
• requestIdle
• setWriteCacheState