ATA_ID_STRING

Section: libata Library (9)
Updated: February 2011
Index Return to Main Contents

NAME

ata_id_string - Convert IDENTIFY DEVICE page into string

SYNOPSIS

void ata_id_string(const u16 * id, unsigned char * s, unsigned int ofs, unsigned int len);

ARGUMENTS

: IDENTIFY DEVICE results we will examine

: string into which data is output

ofs

: offset into identify device page

len

: length of string to return. must be an even number.

DESCRIPTION

The strings in the IDENTIFY DEVICE page are broken up into 16-bit chunks. Run through the string, and output each 8-bit chunk linearly, regardless of platform.

LOCKING

caller.

AUTHOR

Jeff Garzik

: Author.