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ted_chou12 08-25-2012 05:21 PM

udev symbolically create link from sdf* to sdf
 
Hi, I have some usb devices that have several internal partitions (I believe is due to the internal software for additional hidden partitions). But I want the top layer, that is either sdf1 or sdg1 rather than sdf or sdg. I have attempted to write this rule into /etc/udev/rules.d/local.rules:
Code:

BUS="scsi", KERNEL="sdf*", SYMLINK+="sdf"
BUS="scsi", KERNEL="sdg*", SYMLINK+="sdg"
BUS="scsi", KERNEL="sdh*", SYMLINK+="sdh"
BUS="scsi", KERNEL="sdi*", SYMLINK+="sdi"

Code:

root:# tail -f /var/log/messages
Aug 26 05:48:50 vector kernel: [ 3045.169767] EXT3-fs (sdg): error: can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sdg.
Aug 26 05:48:50 vector kernel: [ 3045.182658] FAT-fs (sdg): Can't find a valid FAT filesystem
Aug 26 05:48:50 vector kernel: [ 3045.186768] FAT-fs (sdg): Can't find a valid FAT filesystem
Aug 26 05:49:31 vector kernel: [ 3086.114691] EXT3-fs (sdg): error: can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sdg.
Aug 26 05:49:31 vector kernel: [ 3086.126569] FAT-fs (sdg): Can't find a valid FAT filesystem
Aug 26 05:49:31 vector kernel: [ 3086.130580] FAT-fs (sdg): Can't find a valid FAT filesystem
Aug 26 05:52:30 vector sudo:    root : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/dev ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.udev
Aug 26 05:53:49 vector kernel: [ 3343.992712] EXT3-fs (sdg): error: can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sdg.
Aug 26 05:53:49 vector kernel: [ 3344.005594] FAT-fs (sdg): Can't find a valid FAT filesystem
Aug 26 05:53:49 vector kernel: [ 3344.009592] FAT-fs (sdg): Can't find a valid FAT filesystem


Aug 26 06:04:16 vector kernel: [ 3971.204976] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, device number 6
Aug 26 06:04:40 vector kernel: [ 3994.473053] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device number 7 using ehci_hcd
Aug 26 06:04:40 vector kernel: [ 3994.587897] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=071b, idProduct=3203
Aug 26 06:04:40 vector kernel: [ 3994.587905] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Aug 26 06:04:40 vector kernel: [ 3994.587910] usb 1-3: Product: ROCK MP3
Aug 26 06:04:40 vector kernel: [ 3994.587914] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: RockChip
Aug 26 06:04:40 vector kernel: [ 3994.587917] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: USBV1.00
Aug 26 06:04:40 vector kernel: [ 3994.591361] usb-storage 1-3:1.0: Quirks match for vid 071b pid 3203: 80600
Aug 26 06:04:40 vector kernel: [ 3994.591431] scsi10 : usb-storage 1-3:1.0
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.597775] scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access    RockChip USBDISK  User    1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.598291] sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.601448] scsi 10:0:0:1: Direct-Access    RockChip USBDISK    SD    1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.602808] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] 31944704 512-byte logical blocks: (16.3 GB/15.2 GiB)
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.602817] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming Write Enabled
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.604417] sd 10:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.604652] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming Write Enabled
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.605973]  sdf:
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.607793] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming Write Enabled
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.607806] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.609157] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdg] 8054784 512-byte logical blocks: (4.12 GB/3.84 GiB)
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.609166] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdg] Assuming Write Enabled
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.612140] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdg] Assuming Write Enabled
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.615434]  sdg: sdg1
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.617412] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdg] Assuming Write Enabled
Aug 26 06:04:41 vector kernel: [ 3995.617424] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdg] Attached SCSI removable disk

But I can't get it to work, in addition, is there other parameters that I can specify to make this more specific to the exact mp3 player?
Thanks,
Ted

ted_chou12 08-26-2012 01:19 PM

Hi, I got udev to work finally, but now I am trying to customize the name in the dev rather than sdf, sdg...etc. I have the following in /etc/udev/rules.d/local.rules:
Code:

KERNEL=="sd*", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTR{size}=="7700432", ATTRS{vendor}=="Lexar  ", ATTRS{model}=="USB Flash Drive ", SYMLINK+="lexar"
KERNEL=="sd*", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTR{size}=="625137282", ATTRS{vendor}=="FUJITSU ", ATTRS{model}=="MHZ2320BH G2    ", SYMLINK+="fujitsu320g"
KERNEL=="sd*", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTR{size}=="976766976", ATTRS{vendor}=="Seagate ", ATTRS{model}=="Expansion      ", SYMLINK+="seagate500g"
KERNEL=="sd*", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTR{size}=="31944704", ATTRS{vendor}=="RockChip", ATTRS{model}=="USBDISK  User  ", SYMLINK+="mp3"
KERNEL=="sd*", SUBSYSTEM=="block", RUN+="/mnt/main/script/udev.sh %k"

The following is the error shows in syslog:
Code:

Aug 27 02:12:18 vector kernel: [  73.146245] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] No Caching mode page present
Aug 27 02:12:18 vector kernel: [  73.146252] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through
Aug 27 02:12:19 vector udevd-work[2535]: exec of program '/mnt/main/script/udev.sh' failed
Aug 27 02:12:19 vector udevd-work[2539]: exec of program '/mnt/main/script/udev.sh' failed

Here is my script, I have tested it quite a few times and it gives the right response:
Code:

ted:$ cat /mnt/main/script/udev.sh
string="$1" ; name="${string:0:3}" ; number="${string:3}"
echo "$(date) $string" > "/mnt/main/report.log"
if [ -z "$number" ] && [ ! -e "/dev/${name}1" ] ; then
        mname="$name"
elif [ ! -e "/dev/${name:0:3}$((number+1))" ] ; then
        mname="${name:0:3}/${name:0:3}$number"
fi
if [ ! -z "$mname" ] ; then
        size=$(udevadm info -a -p /sys/block/$mname | grep "ATTR{size}==")
        size=$(echo "$size" | sed "s:\"::g")
        size=$(echo "$size" | sed "s:ATTR{size}==::g")
        if [ $size -lt 20000000 ] && [ $size != 0 ] ; then
                for each in "/dev/pendrive"* ; do
                        max=$(echo "$each" | sed 's:/dev/pendrive::g')
                done
                if [ -z "$max" ] || [ "$max" == "*" ] ; then
                        echo "pendrive"
                else
                        echo "pendrive$((max+1))"
                fi
        fi
fivector:/~

This is the error log for the debug mode, I don't understand why, my code runs perfectly, but it keeps give me error feedback:
Code:

.052872 [7141] udev_node_mknod: set permissions /dev/sdg1, 060660, uid=0, gid=83
1346012453.053078 [7141] node_symlink: preserve already existing symlink '/dev/block/8:97' to '../sdg1'
1346012453.053220 [7141] link_update: creating link '/dev/disk/by-id/usb-USB_Mass_Storage_Device_812320090519-0:0-part1' to '/dev/sdg1'
1346012453.053284 [7141] node_symlink: creating symlink '/dev/disk/by-id/usb-USB_Mass_Storage_Device_812320090519-0:0-part1' to '../../sdg1'
1346012453.053414 [7141] link_update: creating link '/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:4:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1' to '/dev/sdg1'
1346012453.053474 [7141] node_symlink: creating symlink '/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:4:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1' to '../../sdg1'
1346012453.053577 [7141] link_update: creating link '/dev/disk/by-uuid/F84E-1690' to '/dev/sdg1'
1346012453.053705 [7141] node_symlink: creating symlink '/dev/disk/by-uuid/F84E-1690' to '../../sdg1'
1346012453.054098 [7141] udev_device_update_db: created db file '/dev/.udev/db/b8:97' for '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/host20/target20:0:0/20:0:0:0/block/sdg/sdg1'
1346012453.054247 [7141] util_run_program: '/mnt/main/script/udev.sh sdg1' started
1346012453.058529 [7141] util_run_program: '/mnt/main/script/udev.sh' (stderr) '1346012453.058372 [7161] util_run_program: exec of program '/mnt/main/script/udev.sh' failed'
1346012453.059124 [7141] util_run_program: '/mnt/main/script/udev.sh sdg1' returned with exitcode 1

1346012453.059236 [7141] udev_watch_begin: adding watch on '/dev/sdg1'
1346012453.059748 [7141] udev_device_update_db: created db file '/dev/.udev/db/b8:97' for '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/host20/target20:0:0/20:0:0:0/block/sdg/sdg1'
1346012453.059900 [7141] udev_monitor_send_device: passed -1 bytes to netlink monitor 0x80756a0

I made it write into report.log file to make sure it was ran, but no luck.
I am not sure how I can pass the kernel variable to my script.
Thanks,
Ted

ted_chou12 08-27-2012 11:42 AM

I guess no one has the idea,but I GOT it. I hope this helps someone someday somehow somewhere...anyway:
Code:

#!/bin/bash
string="$1" ; name="${string:0:3}" ; number="${string:3}"
if [ -z "$number" ] && [ ! -e "/dev/${name}1" ] ; then
        mname="$name"
elif [ ! -e "/dev/${name:0:3}$((number+1))" ] ; then
        mname="${name:0:3}/${name:0:3}$number"
fi
if [ ! -z "$mname" ] ; then
        size=$(/sbin/udevadm info -a -p /sys/block/$mname | /bin/grep "ATTR{size}==")
        size=$(echo "$size" | /bin/sed "s:\"::g")
        size=$(echo "$size" | /bin/sed "s:ATTR{size}==::g")
        if [ $size -lt 40000000 ] && [ $size != 0 ] ; then
                if [ ! -e "/dev/pendrive" ] ; then
                        echo -n "pendrive"
                else
                        i=1
                        while [ -e "/dev/pendrive$i" ] ; do
                                i=$((i+1))
                        done
                        echo -n "pendrive$i"
                fi
        fi
fi

I have no clue why shebang is so important here, cause I never added them in any of my scripts so far, in addition, adding absolute path to the function is for a additional measure to avoid errors.
in rules:
Code:

KERNEL=="sd*", SUBSYSTEM=="block", PROGRAM+="/mnt/main/script/udev.sh %k", NAME+="%c"
SYMLINK should work too, but i figure out Name looks better for me.
Ted


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