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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/inhex/README b/inhex/README index d1a50b19..ed2419ce 100644 --- a/inhex/README +++ b/inhex/README @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ ======================================== The files in this folder contain hexadecimal data (in ASCII) and associated -comments (prefixed with the hash mark symbol: '#' ). +comments (prefixed with the hash mark symbol: '#' ). Files containing +hexadecimal data have the extension ".hex". There is at least one file +containing binary data and it has the extension ".raw". The utility that each hex file is associated with can be determined in most case by prepending "sg_" to these filenames. Then go to the 'src' folder (a @@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ after prepending 'sg_' becomes: sg_vpd_dev_id.hex which is a partial match on the sg_vpd utility. The remaining 'dev_id.hex' is meant to suggest the 'device identifier' -VPD page which is a mandatory VPD page. +VPD page which is a mandatory VPD page for SCSI devices.. Assuming sg3_utils is installed, it can be tested like this: sg_vpd --inhex=<folder_holding_sg3_utils>/inhex/vpd_dev_id.hex |