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authorDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2008-01-14 03:42:46 +0000
committerDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2008-01-14 03:42:46 +0000
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sg_modes: add --maxlen= option for allocation length in cdb
git-svn-id: https://svn.bingwo.ca/repos/sg3_utils/trunk@138 6180dd3e-e324-4e3e-922d-17de1ae2f315
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diff --git a/doc/sg_modes.8 b/doc/sg_modes.8
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+++ b/doc/sg_modes.8
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-.TH SG_MODES "8" "February 2007" "sg3_utils\-1.24" SG3_UTILS
+.TH SG_MODES "8" "January 2008" "sg3_utils\-1.26" SG3_UTILS
.SH NAME
sg_modes \- reads mode pages with SCSI MODE SENSE command
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sg_modes
[\fI\-\-all\fR] [\fI\-\-control=PC\fR] [\fI\-\-dbd\fR] [\fI\-\-dbout\fR]
[\fI\-\-examine\fR] [\fI\-\-flexible\fR] [\fI\-\-help\fR] [\fI\-\-hex\fR]
-[\fI\-\-list\fR] [\fI\-\-llbaa\fR] [\fI\-\-page=PG[,SPG]\fR]
-[\fI\-\-raw\fR] [\fI\-R\fR] [\fI\-\-six\fR] [\fI\-\-verbose\fR]
-[\fI\-\-version\fR] [\fIDEVICE\fR]
+[\fI\-\-list\fR] [\fI\-\-llbaa\fR] [\fI\-\-maxlen=LEN\fR]
+[\fI\-\-page=PG[,SPG]\fR] [\fI\-\-raw\fR] [\fI\-R\fR] [\fI\-\-six\fR]
+[\fI\-\-verbose\fR] [\fI\-\-version\fR] [\fIDEVICE\fR]
.PP
.B sg_modes
[\fI\-6\fR] [\fI\-a\fR] [\fI\-A\fR] [\fI\-c=PC\fR] [\fI\-d\fR] [\fI\-D\fR]
[\fI\-e\fR] [\fI\-f\fR] [\fI\-h\fR] [\fI\-H\fR] [\fI\-l\fR] [\fI\-L\fR]
-[\fI\-p=PG[,SPG]\fR] [\fI\-r\fR] [\fI\-subp=SPG\fR] [\fI\-v\fR] [\fI\-V\fR]
-[\fI\-?\fR] [\fIDEVICE\fR]
+[\fI\-m=LEN\fR] [\fI\-p=PG[,SPG]\fR] [\fI\-r\fR] [\fI\-subp=SPG\fR]
+[\fI\-v\fR] [\fI\-V\fR] [\fI\-?\fR] [\fIDEVICE\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ may respond with 16 byte block descriptors as indicated by
the 'LongLBA' field in the response. In most cases setting this option
is not needed.
.TP
+\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-maxlen\fR=\fILEN\fR
+The \fILEN\fR argument is the maximum response length in bytes. It is
+the 'allocation length' field in the cdb. When not given (or \fILEN\fR is
+zero) then the allocation length field is set to 4096 for MODE SENSE (10)
+or 252 for MODE SENSE (6). The \fILEN\fR argument must be non-negative
+and no greater than 65535 for MODE SENSE (10) and not greater than 255
+for MODE SENSE (6).
+.TP
\fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-old\fR
switch to older style options.
.TP
@@ -222,6 +230,9 @@ see \fB\-\-llbaa\fR in the main description.
\fB\-N\fR
switch to the newer style options.
.TP
+\fB\-m\fR=\fILEN\fR
+see \fB\-\-maxlen\fR=\fILEN\fR in the main description.
+.TP
\fB\-p\fR=\fIPG\fR
\fIPG\fR is page code to fetch. Should be a hexadecimal number between 0
and 3f inclusive (0 to 63 decimal). The default value when required is
@@ -255,7 +266,7 @@ Written by Doug Gilbert
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2000\-2007 Douglas Gilbert
+Copyright \(co 2000\-2008 Douglas Gilbert
.br
This software is distributed under the GPL version 2. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.