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author | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2008-03-16 20:18:32 +0000 |
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committer | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2008-03-16 20:18:32 +0000 |
commit | 1634ff7b7024e16a8e1f9db8a1a37255c5830ba9 (patch) | |
tree | f62a4eb8ae165bf226d289d58166d1d4deb1ca9f /doc | |
parent | 6c38abe6121a850a71919f09e0431f649d757a18 (diff) | |
download | sg3_utils-1634ff7b7024e16a8e1f9db8a1a37255c5830ba9.tar.gz |
add --mod=PC_MOD and --noflush to sg_start per 08-139r1
git-svn-id: https://svn.bingwo.ca/repos/sg3_utils/trunk@162 6180dd3e-e324-4e3e-922d-17de1ae2f315
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/sg_start.8 | 40 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sg_start.8 b/doc/sg_start.8 index 86e2d032..872bab5f 100644 --- a/doc/sg_start.8 +++ b/doc/sg_start.8 @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ -.TH SG_START "8" "October 2007" "sg3_utils\-1.25" SG3_UTILS +.TH SG_START "8" "March 2008" "sg3_utils\-1.26" SG3_UTILS .SH NAME sg_start \- send SCSI START STOP UNIT command to start, stop, load or eject medium .SH SYNOPSIS .B sg_start [\fI0\fR] [\fI1\fR] [\fI\-\-eject\fR] [\fI\-\-help\fR] [\fI\-\-fl=FL\fR] -[\fI\-\-immed\fR] [\fI\-\-load\fR] [\fI\-\-loej\fR] [\fI\-\-pc=PC\fR] -[\fI\-\-start\fR] [\fI\-\-stop\fR] [\fI\-\-verbose\fR] [\fI\-\-version\fR] -\fIDEVICE\fR +[\fI\-\-immed\fR] [\fI\-\-load\fR] [\fI\-\-loej\fR] [\fI\-\-mod=PC_MOD\fR] +[\fI\-\-noflush\fR] [\fI\-\-pc=PC\fR] [\fI\-\-start\fR] [\fI\-\-stop\fR] +[\fI\-\-verbose\fR] [\fI\-\-version\fR] \fIDEVICE\fR .PP .B sg_start [\fI\-\-eject\fR] [\fI\-\-fl=FL\fR] [\fI\-i\fR] [\fI\-\-imm=0|1\fR] -[\fI\-\-load\fR] [\fI\-\-loej\fR] [\fI\-\-pc=PC\fR] [\fI\-\-start\fR] -[\fI\-\-stop\fR] [\fI\-v\fR] [\fI\-V\fR] [\fI0|1\fR] \fIDEVICE\fR +[\fI\-\-load\fR] [\fI\-\-loej\fR] [\fI\-\-mod=PC_MOD\fR] [\fI\-\-noflush\fR] +[\fI\-\-pc=PC\fR] [\fI\-\-start\fR] [\fI\-\-stop\fR] [\fI\-v\fR] [\fI\-V\fR] +[\fI0|1\fR] \fIDEVICE\fR .SH DESCRIPTION .\" Add any additional description here .PP @@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ sg_start sends a SCSI START STOP UNIT command to the \fIDEVICE\fR with the selected options. The most used options are \fI\-\-stop\fR to spin down a disk and \fI\-\-start\fR to spin up a disk. Using \fI\-\-start\fR on a disk that is already spinning is harmless. There is also finer grain -control with "power conditions": active, idle and standby. This is set +control with "power condition": active, idle or standby. This is set with the \fI\-\-pc=PC\fR option. In some contexts the "stop" state can be considered an additional power condition. .PP @@ -79,6 +80,17 @@ Default is off (i.e. don't attempt to load or eject media). If a start/start indication is not given (i.e. neither \fI\-\-start\fR nor \fI\-\-stop\fR) and this option is given then a load and start action is assumed. .TP +\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mod\fR=\fIPC_MOD\fR +where \fIPC_MOD\fR is the 'power condition modifier' value. 0 to 15 (inclusive) +are valid and 0 is the default. This 'power condition modifier' field in the +cdb was added after sbc3r13. +.TP +\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-noflush\fR +do not perform a flush to media (e.g. like SYNCHRONIZE CACHE does) before +a variant of this utility that limits access to the media. Using the +\fB\-\-stop\fR option is an example of something that limits access to the +media. This 'noflush' field in the cdb was added after sbc3r13. +.TP \fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-old\fR switch to older style options. .TP @@ -195,8 +207,18 @@ defaults to load and start.] \fB\-N\fR switch to the newer style options. .TP +\fB\-\-mod\fR=\fIPC_MOD\fR +where \fIPC_MOD\fR is the 'power condition modifier' value. 0 to 15 (inclusive) +are valid and 0 is the default. This field was added after sbc3r13. +.TP +\fB\-\-noflush\fR +do not perform a flush to media (e.g. like SYNCHRONIZE CACHE does) before +a variant of this utility that limits access to the media. Using the +\fB\-\-stop\fR option is an example of something that limits access to the +media. This field was added after sbc3r13. +.TP \fB\-\-pc\fR=\fIPC\fR -where \fIPC\fR is the 'power conditions' value (in hex). 0 to f (inclusive) +where \fIPC\fR is the 'power condition' value (in hex). 0 to f (inclusive) are valid. Default value is 0. .TP \fB\-\-start\fR @@ -216,7 +238,7 @@ Written by K. Garloff and D. Gilbert .SH "REPORTING BUGS" Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>. .SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright \(co 2002\-2007 Kurt Garloff, Douglas Gilbert +Copyright \(co 2002\-2008 Kurt Garloff, 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. |