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| author | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2011-02-26 02:23:57 +0000 |
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| committer | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2011-02-26 02:23:57 +0000 |
| commit | e799fe295d63afc833110ab4c41af9f6d559b739 (patch) | |
| tree | f6dc5b43a3c6765567f739cf8db3856ff3e87ae4 /README.freebsd | |
| parent | da41e7fce69a8a53331def327556b9bc398c3091 (diff) | |
| download | sg3_utils-e799fe295d63afc833110ab4c41af9f6d559b739.tar.gz | |
sg_raw: exit status corrections
git-svn-id: https://svn.bingwo.ca/repos/sg3_utils/trunk@388 6180dd3e-e324-4e3e-922d-17de1ae2f315
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diff --git a/README.freebsd b/README.freebsd index 401a607c..557902bd 100644 --- a/README.freebsd +++ b/README.freebsd @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ In FreeBSD disks have block names like '/dev/da0' with a corresponding pass-through device name like '/dev/pass0'. Use this command "camcontrol devlist" to see that SCSI devices available. +kFreeBSD +======== +sg3_utils can be built into a Debian package for kFreeBSD using the +./build_debian.sh script in the top level directory. This has been tested +with Debian 6.0 release. Details ======= @@ -99,10 +104,18 @@ viewed with the "camcontrol devlist" command. To access ATAPI devices (e.g. ATAPI DVD drives) the kernel may need to be configured with the "atapicam" device. -FreeBSD 8.0 is the most recent version of FreeBSD tested with these +Attempts to send SCSI commands with data-in or data-out buffers around 64 KB +and larger failed on a FreeBSD 7.0 with an "argument list too long" error +message. There is an associated kernel message (viewable with dmesg) that an +attempt has been made to map <n> bytes which is greater than +DFLTPHYS(65536). Still a problem in FreeBSD 8.1 . Due to CAM overhead the +largest power of 2 that can fit through with one command is 32768 bytes (32 +KB). + +FreeBSD 8.1 is the most recent version of FreeBSD tested with these utilities. Doug Gilbert -5th December 2010 +25th February 2011 |