Man page 9 : ata_id_string

ata_id_string - Convert IDENTIFY DEVICE page into string

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

id
    IDENTIFY DEVICE results we will examine

s
    string into which data is output

ofs
    offset into identify device page

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

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.

caller.

Jeff Garzik
    Author.