Do you need the labels? How about scsi 2:0:1:0:DASD:HP 18.2G:ATLAS10K3_18_SCA:HP05:02: This keeps it short. For those that are probably looking at this data the labels are not needed anyway. It is easy to parse if someone wants. I used "DASD" just because that is what was referenced before. I think I would prefer the number or "direct access" but either way I would not lose any sleep. Eddie On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 10:50 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 12:41:50PM -0400, Philip R. Auld wrote: > > > scsi 2:0:1:0: Device: DASD HP 18.2G ATLAS10K3_18_SCA HP05 ANSI ver: 02 > > > > Parsing this, (and the Matt's earlier version), there are 5 tokens > > there in the middle for 4 fields. How does one know what the vendor > > string is for example? > > 1) This is not for parsing, it's informational for users. Do tools > really still parse through /var/log/dmesg? > > 2) This information is available other ways, such as through sysfs and > procfs. > > 3) I know it's not obvious from the above example (damn HP firmware), > but these are actually fixed-size fields. The first is 8 bytes, "HP 18.2G" > the second 16 bytes are "ATLAS10K3_18_SCA", the third is "HP05" and then > the ANSI ver is at the end. > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html