Re: Identify IDE device?

From: Dave Jones (davej@suse.de)
Date: Tue Oct 30 2001 - 20:46:51 EST

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On 30 Oct 2001, Mark Atwood wrote:

> Is there a way, via an ioctl call, or something to identify what
> specific IDE hard disk or other IDE device is hooked up to the IDE
> controller?

HDIO_GET_IDENTITY is the ioctl you seek.

Grab the hdparm source for an example of how to use this and other
IDE related ioctls.

regards,

Dave.

-- | Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk | SuSE Labs

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