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From: Marco Bonfiglio <marco.bonfiglio@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] serial in /sys
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:36:56
Message-Id: CAL5FE+h4rqUzB4XqLn-u1OysJpPGUBB3Fs3h5OxCgeJxnP8DTQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] serial in /sys by Jorge Almeida
1 2012/11/29 Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@×××××.com>
2
3 > Anyone knows how to dig into /sys to find the serial number of a device
4 > (say,
5 > a USB pen)? I few days ago I found by trial and error something like
6 > $ cat
7 > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.1/usb2/2-4/2-4:1.0/host13/target13:0:0/13:0:0:0/block/sdc/../../../../../serial
8 > which gave me E68911000519
9 > Now I can't find nothing of the sort. (Yes, I know the path changes
10 > each time the
11 > device is plugged in, but even so)
12 > Any information that would put some order into this mess would be great.
13 >
14 > TIA
15 >
16 > Joreg Almeida
17 >
18 >
19 If by "serial" you mean UUID I personally use "ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/"
20
21 Marco Bonfiglio

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Re: [gentoo-user] serial in /sys Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@×××××.com>