linux-kernel - Re: Vendor info from device name

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Date:	Fri, 8 May 2009 21:34:22 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Robert Mykland <robert@...enium.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Vendor info from device name

On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 05:16:01PM -0700, Robert Mykland wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I am inside a file system driver, a modified version of vfat to be 
> exact, trying to get vendor info that uniquely identifies a USB storage 
> device that's associated.  I have the device name coming into 
> vfat_get_sb().  I looked down through the associated structures I get 
> here but nothing obvious pops out.  What's the best way to get down to 
> the vendor/unique device info from here?  Thanks in advance for your 
> help and apologies in advance if this is a dumb question.

Do this from userspace, with the tools provided in the udev package,
vol_id and friends.

Why would you want to do this within the kernel?

thanks,

greg k-h
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