diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'extras/dasd_id/dasd_id.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | extras/dasd_id/dasd_id.8 | 28 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/extras/dasd_id/dasd_id.8 b/extras/dasd_id/dasd_id.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c3d4075326 --- /dev/null +++ b/extras/dasd_id/dasd_id.8 @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +.TH DASD_ID 8 "November 2005" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual" +.SH NAME +dasd_id \- udev callout to read label from s390 block device +.SH SYNOPSIS +.BI dasd_id +[\fI--export\fP] \fIblockdevice\fP +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.B dasd_id +is normally called from a udev rule, to provide udev with a unique string and +additional information (type, serial) for an S390 drive. Udev can use this +information to create symlinks in /dev/disk/by-id and /dev/disk/by-label +to the real device node. +.SH USAGE +.B dasd_id +opens the blockdevice node specified at the commandline and prints the +information chosen by the options. +.SH OPTIONS +The following commandline switches are supported to specify what dasd_id +should print: +.TP +.BI --export +print all values (instead of only the serial) +.RE +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR udev (8) +.SH AUTHORS +Developed by Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> and Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>. + |