How to map Linux hard drive identifiers like "sd 3:0:0:0:" to ones like "ata8:"?

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In my kernel log, I can see entries like:

[ 0.765510] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 3907029168 512-byte logical blocks: (2.00 TB/1.81 TiB)

and when something fails, it's usually something like:

[ 6007.433977] ata8.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)

How can I translate the sd:X:X:X:X to ataX:00 so I could figure out which drive is failing?

Have you tried browsing `/sys/class/block`? – Mar 20 '16 at 18:57 — , Mar 20 '16 at 18:57
@Nasha: I tried, but I hadn't seen this mapping there. – d33tah Mar 20 '16 at 19:08 — d33tah, Mar 20 '16 at 19:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '16 at 20:14

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To map from kernel device name to ata device name (many to one):

readlink /sys/class/block/sda | tr / \\012 | grep '^ata'

To map from ata device name to kernel device name (one to many):

ls -l /sys/class/ata_port/ata1/device/host*/target*/*/block

answered Mar 20 '16 at 20:14

Celada

***readlink /sys/class/block/sda | tr / \\012 | grep '^ata'*** I get no results for disks that are on LSI SAS controllers and not on the chipset ports. – drescherjm Mar 21 '16 at 18:14

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