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Homework and Emergencies Emergency UNIX and Linux Support Grep for string Post 302506070 by LivinFree on Friday 18th of March 2011 11:49:20 AM
Old 03-18-2011
Assuming this is a Linux kernel, have you tried looking in the /sys filesystem?

It's all driver and device specific, so I can't give you any better answers in this case off-hand, but here's some examples from a system of mine with FC storage:
Code:
$ readlink /sys/block/sda
../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:09:00.0/0000:0a:00.0/0000:0b:00.0/host2/rport-2:0-0/target2:0:0/2:0:0:1/block/sda
$ readlink /sys/block/sda/device
../../../2:0:0:1

That is *much* easier to parse...
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

sda

sda(7D) 							      Devices								   sda(7D)

NAME

       sda - SD/MMC architecture

DESCRIPTION

       The sda module provides support services for Secure Digital (SD) and MultiMediaCard (MMC) slot and card device drivers.

FILES

       /kernel/misc/sda 	   32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).

       /kernel/misc/amd64/sda	   64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).

       /kernel/misc/sparcv9/sda    64-bit ELF kernel module (SPARC).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Architecture		     |SPARC, x86		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWsdcard		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       cfgadm_sdcard(1M), attributes(5), blk2scsa(7D), sd(7D), sdcard(7D), sdhost(7D), scsa2usb(7D), wbsd(7D)

       System Administration Guide, Volume I

       System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

NOTES

       The  sda  module  provides  support  only for SD/MMC devices that are connected via a supported slot driver. Notably, slots that are on USB
       busses are normally treated as USB mass storage devices and are serviced by the scsa2usb(7D) driver.

SunOS 5.11							    8 Jan 2009								   sda(7D)
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