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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 /doc/sg_format.8 | |
| parent | 09fb2873a50d505c755f87013745e06c34826dee (diff) | |
| download | sg3_utils-3457b26ece045d246779a9e8f4a1e7cb840d7573.tar.gz | |
bump to 1.30, some spc4r24 updates, sg_read_long --readonly option; spelling
git-svn-id: https://svn.bingwo.ca/repos/sg3_utils/trunk@338 6180dd3e-e324-4e3e-922d-17de1ae2f315
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diff --git a/doc/sg_format.8 b/doc/sg_format.8 index ec18aad8..66c59e12 100644 --- a/doc/sg_format.8 +++ b/doc/sg_format.8 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ the response to a READ CAPACITY command. The reason for this double check is to detect a "format corrupt" state (see NOTES section). This usage will not modify the disk. .PP -When this utility is used with the "--format" (or "-F") option it will attempt +When this utility is used with the "\-\-format" (or "\-F") option it will attempt to format the given DEVICE. There is a 10 second pause during which time the user is invited (twice 5 seconds apart) to abort sg_format. This occurs just prior the SCSI FORMAT UNIT command being issued. See the NOTES section for @@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ sets the FMTPINFO field in the FORMAT UNIT cdb to a value between 0 and 3. The default value is 0. The FMTPINFO field from SBC\-3 revision 16 is a 2 bit field (bits 7 and 6 of byte 1 in the cdb). Prior to that it was a single bit field (bit 7 of byte 1 in the cdb) and there was an accompanying bit -called RTO_REQ (bit 6 of byte 1 in the cdb). The deprecated options "--pinfo" -and "--rto-req" represent the older usage. This option should be used in +called RTO_REQ (bit 6 of byte 1 in the cdb). The deprecated options "\-\-pinfo" +and "\-\-rto\-req" represent the older usage. This option should be used in their place. This option has no action unless \fI\-\-format\fR is given. .TP \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-format\fR @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ allow for 64 bit logical block addresses. Specifically this option sets the "longlba" flag in the MODE SENSE (10) command and uses READ CAPACITY (16) rather than READ CAPACITY (10). This option does not set the LONGLIST bit in the FORMAT UNIT command. The LONGLIST bit is set as required depending -other parameters (e.g. when '--pie=PIE' is greater than zero). +other parameters (e.g. when '\-\-pie=PIE' is greater than zero). .TP \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-pfu\fR=\fIPFU\fR sets the "Protection Field Usage" field in the parameter block associated |