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-.TH SG_SAT_IDENTIFY "8" "January 2007" "sg3_utils\-1.23" SG3_UTILS
+.TH SG_SAT_IDENTIFY "8" "May 2007" "sg3_utils\-1.24" SG3_UTILS
.SH NAME
sg_sat_identify \- sends a ATA IDENTIFY (PACKET) DEVICE command via a
SCSI to ATA Translation (SAT) layer
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ PACKET DEVICE command to \fIDEVICE\fR and outputs the response. The devices
that respond to these commands are ATA disks and ATAPI devices respectively.
Rather than send these commands directly to the device they are sent via a
SCSI transport which is assumed to contain a SCSI to ATA Translation (SAT)
-Layer (SATL). The SAT standard (latest draft: sat\-r09.pdf at www.t10.org)
-defines two SCSI "ATA PASS\-THROUGH" commands: one using a 16 byte "cdb"
-and the other with a 12 byte cdb. This utility defaults to using the 16
-byte cdb variant.
+Layer (SATL). The SAT standard (SAT ANSI INCITS 431-2007, prior draft:
+sat\-r09.pdf at www.t10.org) defines two SCSI "ATA PASS\-THROUGH" commands:
+one using a 16 byte "cdb" and the other with a 12 byte cdb. This utility
+defaults to using the 16 byte cdb variant.
.PP
The SATL may be in an operating system driver, in host bus adapter firmware
or in some external enclosure.