edd_id(8) - Linux man page

Name

edd_id - udev callout to identify BIOS disk drives via EDD

Synopsis

edd_id [--export] blockdevice

Description

edd_id is normally called from a udev rule, to provide udev with the edd id for a BIOS disk drive. Udev can use this information to create symlinks in /dev/disk/by-id and /dev/disk/by-label to the real device node.

Usage

edd_id opens the blockdevice node specified at the commandline and prints the information chosen by the options.

Options

The following commandline switches are supported to specify what edd_id should print:

--export: print all values (instead of only the id)

Authors

Developed by John Hull <john_hull@dell.com> and Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>.