Re: [PROBLEM]: Under 2.4.X hdparm displays device names backwards? ;)

David Ford (david@linux.com)
Sat, 27 Jan 2001 09:54:14 +0000

-I is what is read directly off the drive, -i interprets it. IIRC, it's been
this way for a while..or it's just that I've used 2.4 for a while :) In any
case, it's byte swap issue. WD becomes "WDC AC" would become "DW CCA" , i.e.
"WD", "C ", and "AC" etc.

-d

Shawn Starr wrote:

> This is what the device names are:
>
> hda: FUJITSU MPE3064AT, ATA DISK drive
> hdb: WDC AC32500H, ATA DISK drive
>
> here's what they are with hdparm:
>
> dev/hda:
>
> Model=UFIJST UPM3E60A4 T , FwRev=DE0--380,
> SerialNo= 50256499
>
> /dev/hdb:
>
> Model=DW CCA2305H0 , FwRev=210.H721,
> SerialNo=DWW-3T06418895 2
>
> hehe, might wanna fix that ;-)
>
> Shawn.
>
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