Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965126AbXADW1g (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:27:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965129AbXADW1g (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:27:36 -0500 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.226]:32809 "EHLO wr-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965126AbXADW1f (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:27:35 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=JAaB8wHl26GYsBOZUMgJK73Tm8SZIv8hio4wFdINP2LD3SziJRoHg65CeOU93ImKwXkeweUiBSzgrMfCu9vaERABG64n7RBjmxF0H1QyGFQxEy4wdiBVzyTETT8ZTx/fuEBgwUbj+qeF3MI2lg3ynFnQ6TSwAa+utUT9neuyerQ= Message-ID: Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 00:27:34 +0200 From: "Yakov Lerner" To: "Kernel Linux" Subject: how to get serial_no from usb HD disk (HDIO_GET_IDENTITY ioctl, hdparm -i) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 553 Lines: 14 How can I get serial_no from usb-attached HD drive ? The HDIO_GET_IDENTITY ioctl fails (like 'hdparm -i'). Any advice on how to extract the drive serialNo from the usb disk ? Can I write kernel module to extract the SerialNo ? (I don't need whole 'struct hd_driveid', only the SerialNo). Thanks Yakov - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/