Ron Gage writes: > > I must be unusually dense tonight as I don't see anything that provides > a working answer to my question. I see tons of stuff about hotplug and > node naming, but nothing about tying the device info to the device node. > > It probably doesn't help here that /sys/class/usb is not populating with > any information at all from the device. The device is a simple Memorex > Flash Drive (key drive) - well supported by the kernel (2.6.17.13). > > Let me restate the question please: If I have 2 SCSI drives in a system > (USB or SCSI based), I need to know which drive has which serial number, > model, manufacturer, etc... I can find all kinds of information about > the devices that are on the bus, but I can't find anything that tells me > which node that device is. Yes, that information shows up in dmesg, but > that information is too fleeting. I need something with persistence.
This is normally done when the device is being hooked up by creating symbolic links. usbmount has a good example of creating manufacturer-model symbolic links. -- Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605 Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002 New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
