From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:31:16 +0000 Subject: Re: USB/desktop integration - how to guess /dev/sd* when hotplugging? Message-Id: <20040213013116.GF5351@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <200402130844.30279.michael@actrix.gen.nz> In-Reply-To: <200402130844.30279.michael@actrix.gen.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:44:30AM +1300, Michael Hamilton wrote: > How do I systematically determine /dev/sd[abc] when hotplugging? > Is sg_map from sg3_utils the best/only way? In more detail... Looked at devlabel? > There doesn't seem to be an easy way to figure out the scsi > /dev/sd* from the hotplug device passed in, for example: > from /proc/bus/usb/004/002 to what /dev/sd*? Why not just catch either the block hotplug events, or the scsi hotplug events? And why would you ever want to map usb-storage devices to their usbfs entry? > I was hoping there was a easy way to use /proc or /sys, to > get this info. Look at /sys/block/{block_device}/device That's the symlink I think you want, right? thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id56&alloc_id438&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel