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diff --git a/archive/README b/archive/README index 9732d3f9..5763cac0 100644 --- a/archive/README +++ b/archive/README @@ -1,35 +1,7 @@ -This archive directory contains programs the use the Linux SCSI -subsystem and typically use the SCSI generic interface (sg) as -well. +In order to save source code space, the files is this directory have +been removed (apart from the rescan-scsi-bus.sh script). See the +sg3_utils-1.22 source tarball for the most recent version that +included this source. -The programs in this directory are fully functional but have been -"retired" from the main sg3_utils directory most likely because -their functionality is done in another (perhaps better) way. - -The last time I checked these programs compiled and built and -didn't depend on too many other things (see the Makefile in the -parent directory for ideas). - -Since I actively use some of these programs for testing, a Makefile has -been set up which builds: - - sgq_dd [a dd variant the uses a dispatch loop rather than - POSIX threads (as does sgp_dd)] - - sg_hold holds a sg device open and periodically sends a TEST - UNIT READY command to the device - - sg_poll [internal testing] - - isosize available in util-linux-2.10s and later - -The sg_lib.h and llseek.h headers have simply been copied from the parent -directory. - -The very useful rescan-scsi-bus.sh script from Kurt Garloff -<kurt at garloff dot de> is included in this directory. - -A test program called sg_bus_xfer.c exercises a patch that adds a -SG_FLAG_BUS_ADDR capability. This allows a bus address (e.g. PCI -video card's frame buffer) to be passed through to a SCSI adapter -to side step various buffer copies. See: -http://www.torque.net/sg/mem2disk.html - -Doug Gilbert -3rd September 2004 +Douglas Gilbert +10th October 2006 |