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| author | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2010-09-07 00:40:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2010-09-07 00:40:19 +0000 |
| commit | da5a89d37ebba0d5bddfda5bf2dd008a8bfc380a (patch) | |
| tree | 270435c9ef4fb7742304a4a7aba45421835a03a4 /doc/sg_inq.8 | |
| parent | 9a0c2071489db6fe7c20b0edfb87be1b2e47da57 (diff) | |
| download | sg3_utils-da5a89d37ebba0d5bddfda5bf2dd008a8bfc380a.tar.gz | |
sg3_utils man page: add sections on OS device names
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diff --git a/doc/sg_inq.8 b/doc/sg_inq.8 index 15d457d0..6962da1b 100644 --- a/doc/sg_inq.8 +++ b/doc/sg_inq.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH SG_INQ "8" "February 2010" "sg3_utils\-1.29" SG3_UTILS +.TH SG_INQ "8" "September 2010" "sg3_utils\-1.30" SG3_UTILS .SH NAME sg_inq \- sends a SCSI INQUIRY or ATA IDENTIFY (PACKET) DEVICE command and outputs the response @@ -324,6 +324,31 @@ Equivalent to '\-\-page=ei' in the main description. .TP \fB\-?\fR output usage message and exit. Ignore all other parameters. +.SH EXAMPLES +The examples in this page use Linux device names. For suitable device +names in other supported Operating Systems see the sg3_utils(8) man page. +.PP +To view the standard inquiry response use without options: +.PP + sg_inq /dev/sda +.PP +Some SCSI devices include version descriptors indicating the various +SCSI standards and drafts they support. They can be viewed with: +.PP + sg_inq -d /dev/sda +.PP +Modern SCSI devices include Vital Product Data (VPD)pages which can be +viewed with the SCSI INQUIRY command. To list the supported VPD +pages (but not their contents) try: +.PP + sg_inq -e /dev/sda +.PP +Some VPD pages can be read with the sg_inq utility but a newer utility +called sg_vpd specializes in showing their contents. The sdparm utility +can also be used to show the contents of VPD pages. +.PP +Further examples of sg_inq together with some typical output can be found +on http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html web page. .SH AUTHOR Written by Doug Gilbert .SH "REPORTING BUGS" |