Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751441AbXAFRAF (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 12:00:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751440AbXAFRAF (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 12:00:05 -0500 Received: from smtpauth02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ([64.202.165.182]:34693 "HELO smtpauth02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751441AbXAFRAA (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0500 Message-ID: <459FD585.70400@seclark.us> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:59:49 -0500 From: Stephen Clark User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16-22smp i686; en-US; m18) Gecko/20010110 Netscape6/6.5 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kay Sievers CC: Greg KH , Yakov Lerner , Kernel Linux Subject: Re: how to get serial_no from usb HD disk (HDIO_GET_IDENTITY ioctl, hdparm -i) References: <20070106045147.GA6081@kroah.com> <3ae72650701060715q4f036274xb6f8b664ab3233c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3ae72650701060715q4f036274xb6f8b664ab3233c@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1419 Lines: 55 Kay Sievers wrote: >On 1/6/07, Greg KH wrote: > > >>On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 12:27:34AM +0200, Yakov Lerner wrote: >> >> >>>How can I get serial_no from usb-attached HD drive ? >>> >>> >>use the *_id programs that come with udev, they show you how to properly >>do that. >> >> > >Only "advanced" ATA-USB bridges will offer you the serial number the >adapter reads from the disk on power-up. The usual id-tools will just >work fine on theses bridges. > >There is no way to reach that information with most of the cheap USB >storage-adapters. > >Kay >- >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/ > > > HI Kay, I am looking to buy a usb to ata adapter can you name some of the advanced adapters? Thanks, Steve -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson) - 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/