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authorDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2012-09-25 16:25:52 +0000
committerDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>2012-09-25 16:25:52 +0000
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spc4r36e: sg_inq+sg_inq: software interface VPD page and new reserved fields in standard INQUIRY response
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-.TH SG_VPD "8" "February 2012" "sg3_utils\-1.34" SG3_UTILS
+.TH SG_VPD "8" "September 2012" "sg3_utils\-1.34" SG3_UTILS
.SH NAME
sg_vpd \- fetches Vital Product Data (VPD) pages using a SCSI INQUIRY command
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ VPD page (page number: 0x83). Since SPC\-3, support for this page
has been flagged as mandatory. This page can be fetched by
using the \fI\-\-ident\fR option.
.PP
+The reference document used for interpreting VPD pages (and the INQUIRY
+standard response) is T10/1713\-D Revision 36e (SPC\-4, 24 August 2012)
+found at http://www.t10.org . Obsolete and reserved items in the standard
+INQUIRY response output are displayed in square brackets.
+.PP
When no options are given, other than a \fIDEVICE\fR, then the "Supported
VPD pages" (0x0) VPD page is fetched and decoded.
.SH OPTIONS