From: Jagadeesh Bhaskar P <jbhaskar@hclinsys.com>
To: Edward Falk <efalk@google.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: usage of WIN_SMART
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:40:40 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1101784239.3789.7.camel@myLinux> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41ABB93F.8060206@google.com>
Dear Edward,
I am grateful for such a descriptive reply. I was exploring through the
ide-disk driver interface, which provides the SMART readings through the
ioctl, using WIN_SMART. At the end its calling an inb and an outb to the
regs, like u said, feature regs and all. Is it possible to do it
directly with an inb and outb from a C program, avoiding the
complexities involved in the WIN_SMART command.
And, can u help me out with the syntax of WIN_SMART class of ioctl?
I know that a buffer like
buffer = {WIN_SMART, 0, SMART_READ_VALUES, 1};
and it is passed to the ioctl.
I have seen the significance of 1st element(WIN_SMART) and 3rd element
(SMART_READ_VALUES) in the ide-disk module's code.
What does the second argument and the fourth argument signify?
Can u help me with this also, coz I've been digging for this a long
time, and haven't been that successfull!!
--
Thanks & Regards,
Jagadeesh Bhaskar P
R&D Engineer
HCL Infosystems Ltd
Pondicherry
INDIA
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-30 3:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-24 9:54 usage of WIN_SMART Jagadeesh Bhaskar P
[not found] ` <8783be6604112611137bcbfb61@mail.gmail.com>
2004-11-30 0:05 ` Edward Falk
2004-11-30 3:10 ` Jagadeesh Bhaskar P [this message]
2004-11-30 14:31 ` Ross Biro
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