.\" Copyright (c) 1996 David Hinds .\" ide_info.8 1.1 1996/09/08 22:48:25 .\" .TH IDE_INFO 8 "1996/09/08 22:48:25" "Stanford University" .SH NAME ide_info \- IDE device description tool .SH SYNOPSIS .B ide_info device .SH DESCRIPTION .B Ide_info opens the specified IDE device file, and retrieves its device identification information. Its output is a set of Bourne-style shell commands to define the .BR MODEL , .BR FW_REV , and .B SERIAL_NO variables based on this information. The PCMCIA configuration script for IDE-type devices uses this utility so that the serial number can be used to specify configurations for particular cards. .SH AUTHOR David Hinds \- dhinds@allegro.stanford.edu