NAME

/proc/ide/ - IDE channels and attached devices

DESCRIPTION

/proc/ide

This directory exists on systems with the IDE bus. There are directories for each IDE channel and attached device. Files include:

cache              buffer size in KB
capacity           number of sectors
driver             driver version
geometry           physical and logical geometry
identify           in hexadecimal
media              media type
model              manufacturer's model number
settings           drive settings
smart_thresholds   IDE disk management thresholds (in hex)
smart_values       IDE disk management values (in hex)
    

The hdparm(8) utility provides access to this information in a friendly format.

SEE ALSO

proc(5)