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| author | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2010-04-24 20:56:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2010-04-24 20:56:46 +0000 |
| commit | 3457b26ece045d246779a9e8f4a1e7cb840d7573 (patch) | |
| tree | 0c4bb5037062b02b95d09648d721f45e25dcee26 /README.tru64 | |
| parent | 09fb2873a50d505c755f87013745e06c34826dee (diff) | |
| download | sg3_utils-3457b26ece045d246779a9e8f4a1e7cb840d7573.tar.gz | |
bump to 1.30, some spc4r24 updates, sg_read_long --readonly option; spelling
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diff --git a/README.tru64 b/README.tru64 index e531f75b..9c9bea04 100644 --- a/README.tru64 +++ b/README.tru64 @@ -55,29 +55,31 @@ section 8). An overview of sg3_utils can be found at: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html . A copy of the "sg3_utils.html" file is in the "doc" subdirectory. +This package uses autotools infrastructure with the now common +"./configure ; make ; make install" sequence needed to build and install +from the source found in the tarball. If the "./configure" sequence +fails try using the ./autogen.sh prior to that sequence. -See the INSTALL file (at the end) for instructions on how to build -sg3_utils on Tru64. Files that are Tru64 specific use the "osf1" -suffix (apart from this one). Some man pages have examples which -use linux device names which hopefully will not confuse the Tru64 users. +Some man pages have examples which use linux device names which hopefully +will not confuse Tru64 users. Details ======= -The ported utilities listed above, all use SCSI command functions -declared in sg_cmds_basic.h and sg_cmds_extra.h . Those SCSI command -functions are implemented in the corresponding ".c" files. The ".c" -files pass SCSI commands to the host operating system via -an interface declared in sg_pt.h . There are currently four -implementations of that interface depending on the host operating +Most of the ported utilities listed above use SCSI command functions +declared in sg_cmds_*.h headers . Those SCSI command functions are +implemented in the corresponding ".c" files. The ".c" files pass SCSI +commands to the host operating system via an interface declared in sg_pt.h . +There are currently five implementations of that interface depending on +the host operating system: system: - sg_pt_linux.c - sg_pt_osf1.c [Tru64] - sg_pt_freebsd.c + - sg_pt_solaris.c - sg_pt_win32.c -The sg_pt_osf1.c file uses the Tru64 CAM SCSI pass through -mechanism. +The sg_pt_osf1.c file uses the Tru64 CAM SCSI pass through mechanism. Tru64 does not have general library support for "long" options (e.g. "--verbose") which are used extensively by most of the @@ -88,4 +90,4 @@ subdirectory. Currently only the Tru64 port uses it. Doug Gilbert -20th September 2009 +10th April 2010 |