scsi_info(8)
NAME
scsi_info - SCSI device description tool
SYNOPSIS
scsi_info device
DESCRIPTION
Scsi_info opens the specified SCSI device file, and
retrieves its actual SCSI address parameters. It also
looks up the device in /proc/scsi/scsi and retrieves the
device's vendor information, if available. Its output is
a pair of Bourne-style shell commands to define the
SCSI_ID and MODEL variables based on this information.
The SCSI_ID variable has three comma-separated fields: the
SCSI channel number, the device ID, and the logical unit
number. In most cases, the channel and logical unit will
be 0.
The reason for the existence of this utility lies in the
peculiar method for assigning minor device numbers to
Linux SCSI devices. Devices are numbered based on the
order in which they are detected, irrespective of their
device addresses. This tool automatically converts these
arbitrary device assignments back to the user-configured
addresses.
AUTHOR
- David Hinds - dahinds@users.sourceforge.net