David C. Rankin wrote:
Volker Poplawski wrote:
Am Donnerstag 20 September 2007 13:18:36 schrieb David C. Rankin:
On my Toshiba P35 laptop, opensuse 10.2, *nothing* is shown in Yast IDE
DMA Setup. Is this normal???
Maybe because you don't have any IDE-drives in laptop but all sata drives?
Well that's just cooky, but you are right! I do have an IDE drive in
there, not SATA. How do I know? Because I just put the new Western
Digital Scorpio WD1200BEVE 120GB 5400 RPM ATA-6 Notebook Hard Drive in
there. But it looks like my friend 'Hal' is using it as a serial storage
device?? From hardware info:
12: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WXE307576390'
storage.media_check_enabled = false
storage.firmware_version = '01.04A01'
storage.removable.media_available = true
storage.size = 120034123776ull (0x1bf2976000ull)
storage.hotpluggable = false
block.storage_device =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WXE307576390'
linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/hda'
storage.bus = 'ide'
block.major = 3 (0x3)
block.is_volume = false
storage.drive_type = 'disk'
info.capabilities = { 'storage', 'block' }
storage.removable.media_size = 120034123776ull (0x1bf2976000ull)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_WD_WXE307576390'
volume.ignore = true
storage.no_partitions_hint = false
linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3)
storage.model = 'WDC WD1200BEVE-11UYT0'
storage.serial = 'WD-WXE307576390'
info.product = 'WDC WD1200BEVE-11UYT0'
storage.requires_eject = false
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/hda'
storage.physical_device =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4349_ide_0_0'
info.category = 'storage'
storage.automount_enabled_hint = true
storage.removable = false
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_4349_ide_0_0'
block.device = '/dev/hda'
block.minor = 0 (0x0)
storage.vendor = ''
storage.partitioning_scheme = 'mbr'
Go figure???
Actually, hal gathers its information from the /sys and /proc
directories. The /sys is another reflection of kernel data structures.
For /sys, it reflects kernel objects, and in this case the kernel
objects associated with a device. I wouldn't worry about the serial
storage part, as that is the hal udi for its database. The kernel sees
it as a block device /sys/block/hda. While I use hwinfo, I don't depend
on it. I am one of those who go back to the /sys directory for the final
answer.
Bill Anderson
WW7BA
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