edd_id

Langue: en

Version: 303429 (debian - 07/07/09)

Section: 8 (Commandes administrateur)

NAME

edd_id - udev callout to identify BIOS disk drives via EDD

SYNOPSIS

edd_id [--export] blockdevice

DESCRIPTION

edd_id is normally called from a udev rule, to provide udev with the edd id for a BIOS disk drive. Udev can use this information to create symlinks in /dev/disk/by-id and /dev/disk/by-label to the real device node.

USAGE

edd_id opens the blockdevice node specified at the commandline and prints the information chosen by the options.

OPTIONS

The following commandline switches are supported to specify what edd_id should print:
--export
print all values (instead of only the id)

SEE ALSO

udev(7)

AUTHORS

Developed by John Hull <john_hull@dell.com> and Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>.