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author | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2008-12-27 20:21:09 +0000 |
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committer | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2008-12-27 20:21:09 +0000 |
commit | dbdf66d0b6390eb6a6f8e38c64281c717372c889 (patch) | |
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download | sg3_utils-dbdf66d0b6390eb6a6f8e38c64281c717372c889.tar.gz |
sg_logs: sync protocol specific lpage to sas2r15
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diff --git a/README.freebsd b/README.freebsd index 1a87ed2e..9be93174 100644 --- a/README.freebsd +++ b/README.freebsd @@ -1,9 +1,14 @@ Introduction ============ The FreeBSD port of sg3_utils contains those utilities that are _not_ -specific to Linux. In some cases a utility could be ported but -requires more work. An example is sg_dd which needs more work -beyond the SCSI command pass through mechanism. +specific to Linux. In some cases the FreeBSD camcontrol command supplies +similar functionality; for example 'sg_map' is similar to +'camcontrol devlist'. + +The dd variants from the sg3_utils package (e.g. sg_dd) rely on too many +Linux idiosyncracies to be easily ported. A new package called 'ddpt' +contains a utility with similar functionality to sg_dd and is available +for FreeBSD. Supported Utilities =================== @@ -15,8 +20,8 @@ Here is a list of utilities that have been ported: sg_logs sg_luns sg_modes - sg_persist sg_opcodes + sg_persist sg_prevent sg_raw sg_rdac @@ -77,12 +82,15 @@ be used. These can be 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. +Disks is FreeBSD have names like '/dev/da0' while the corresponding +pass-through device may be '/dev/pass0'. + At the present time these utilities have been lightly tested on a -FreeBSD version 6.2 system with some SCSI disks, a SCSI tape +FreeBSD version 7.0 system with some SCSI disks, a SCSI tape drive and an ATAPI CD drive. See the FreeBSD section in the INSTALL file for install directions. Doug Gilbert -26th October 2008 +20th December 2008 |