Is it hard to write a kernel module to expose information to usee space ? I need smartctls abilitytl to specify sata being transported over. USB cable to a sata drive to pull Information like make model serial but it requires root and lsblk doesn't have the functionality to grab info on the device on the other end of the usb to sata cable
There is another way though right ?

Sounds like a case for udisk / polkit.

http://storaged.org/doc/...

@IntrusionCM still no dice :(

@AvatarOfKaine that is weird...

Udisk should have all the information necessary and should be usable by non root user in any desktop distribution.

What exactly is missing / unclear?

@IntrusionCM transport type is usb, i need to manually specify the polling to that device to pull back serial/make/model information

the device connected to usb port is a usb to sata adapter

it masks the connected hard drive

in smartctl you specify

sudo smartctl -a -d sat /dev/sdb

or for like a seagate drive -d scsi

lsblk doesn't have this option that i noticed. neither does udisks