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diff --git a/doc/sg_vpd.8 b/doc/sg_vpd.8 index 842114ea..7f681604 100644 --- a/doc/sg_vpd.8 +++ b/doc/sg_vpd.8 @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ command is sent with a larger value in the cdb's "allocation length" field. If this option is given and \fILEN\fR is greater than 0 then only one INQUIRY command is sent. Since many simple devices implement the INQUIRY command badly (and do not support VPD pages) then the safest value to use for -\fILEN\fR is 36. See the sg_inq man page for the more information. +\fILEN\fR is 36. See the sg_inq(8) man page for the more information. .TP \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-page\fR=\fIPG\fR where \fIPG\fR is the VPD page to be decoded or output. The \fIPG\fR argument @@ -210,12 +210,6 @@ the decoding of some fields (e.g. the Extended INQUIRY page's SPT field) is expanded when the '\-\-long' option is given using the standard INQUIRY response information (e.g. the PDT and the PROTECT fields). .PP -In the 2.4 series of Linux kernels the \fIDEVICE\fR must be -a SCSI generic (sg) device. In the 2.6 series block devices (e.g. disks -and ATAPI DVDs) can also be specified. For example "sg_inq /dev/sda" -will work in the 2.6 series kernels. From lk 2.6.6 other SCSI "char" -device names may be used as well (e.g. "/dev/st0m"). -.PP The \fIDEVICE\fR is opened with a read\-only flag (e.g. in Unix with the O_RDONLY flag). .SH EXIT STATUS |