EDD_ID(8) Linux Administrator's Manual EDD_ID(8)NAMEedd_id - udev callout to identify BIOS disk drives via EDD
SYNOPSISedd_id [--export] blockdevice
DESCRIPTIONedd_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.
USAGEedd_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)
SEE ALSOudev(7)AUTHORS
Developed by John Hull <john_hull@dell.com> and Kay Sievers <kay.siev‐
ers@vrfy.org>.
November 2005 EDD_ID(8)