Well, basically I would like to test the file system. And since I travel I lot, I carry laptop and this external disk with me. So, was just wondering if I could somehow conduct a disk-level test.
Thanks. On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:36:49 -0800, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 10:30:27AM +0530, Sumit Narayan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have an external IDE connector through USB port. Where could I get > > the exact point inside the kernel, from where I would get information > > such as Block No., Request size, partition details for a particular > > request, _just_ before being sent to the disk. > > > > Like, for a normal IDE, I could gather these details from inside the > > function __ide_do_rw_disk from "struct request". Is there anyway for > > finding out the same for a USB mass storage device? > > Why would you want to know this information for a controller device that > acts like a scsi one, not an IDE one (that's what usb storage devices > do...) > > thanks, > > greg k-h > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
