Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:36:49 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Sumit Narayan <talk2sumit@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: USB IDE Connector
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On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 10:30:27AM +0530, Sumit Narayan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have an external IDE connector through USB port. Where could I get
> the exact point inside the kernel, from where I would get information
> such as Block No., Request size, partition details for a particular
> request, _just_ before being sent to the disk.
> 
> Like, for a normal IDE, I could gather these details from inside the
> function __ide_do_rw_disk from "struct request". Is there anyway for
> finding out the same for a USB mass storage device?

Why would you want to know this information for a controller device that
acts like a scsi one, not an IDE one (that's what usb storage devices
do...)

thanks,

greg k-h
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