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SG_SAT_IDENTIFY(8) SG3_UTILS SG_SAT_IDENTIFY(8)
NAME
sg_sat_identify - sends a ATA IDENTIFY (PACKET) DEVICE command via a SCSI to ATA Transla-
tion (SAT) layer
SYNOPSIS
sg_sat_identify [--chk_cond] [--help] [--hex] [--len=12|16] [--packet] [--raw] [--verbose]
[--version] DEVICE
DESCRIPTION
This utility sends either an ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE command or an ATA IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
command to DEVICE 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 Trans-
lation (SAT) 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.
The SATL may be in an operating system driver, in host bus adapter firmware or in some
external enclosure.
OPTIONS
Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.
-c, --chk_cond
sets the CK_COND bit in the ATA PASS-THROUGH SCSI cdb. The default setting is clear
(i.e. 0). When set the SATL should yield a sense buffer containing a ATA Result
descriptor irrespective of whether the command succeeded or failed. When clear the
SATL should only yield a sense buffer containing a ATA Result descriptor if the
command failed.
-h, --help
outputs the usage message summarizing command line options then exits. Ignores
DEVICE if given.
-H, --hex
outputs the ATA IDENTIFY (PACKET) DEVICE response in hex. The default action (i.e.
without any '-H' options) is to output the response in hex, grouped in 16 bit words
(i.e. the ATA standard's preference). When given once, the response is output in
ASCII hex bytes (i.e. the SCSI standard's preference). When given twice (i.e.
'-HH') the output is in hex, grouped in 16 bit words, the same as the default but
without a header. When given thrice (i.e. '-HHH') the output is in hex, grouped in
16 bit words, in a format that is acceptable for 'hdparm --Istdin' to process.
-l, --len=12 | 16
this is the length of the SCSI cdb used for the ATA PASS-THROUGH commands. The
argument can either be 12 or 16. The default is 16. The larger cdb size is needed
for 48 bit LBA addressing of ATA devices. On the other hand some SCSI transports
cannot convey SCSI commands longer than 12 bytes.
-p, --packet
send an ATA IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE command (via the SATL). The default action is to
send an ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE command.
-r, --raw
output the ATA IDENTIFY (PACKET) DEVICE response in binary. The output should be
piped to a file or another utility when this option is used. The binary is sent to
stdout, and errors are sent to stderr.
-v, --verbose
increases the level or verbosity.
-V, --version
print out version string
NOTES
Since the response to the IDENTIFY (PACKET) DEVICE command is very important for the cor-
rect use of an ATA(PI) device (and is typically the first command sent), a SATL should
provide an ATA Information VPD page which contains the similar information.
The SCSI ATA PASS-THROUGH (12) command's opcode is 0xa1 and it clashes with the MMC set's
BLANK command used by cd/dvd writers. So a SATL in front of an ATAPI device that uses MMC
(i.e. has peripheral device type 5) probably should treat opcode 0xa1 as a BLANK command
and send it through to the cd/dvd drive. The ATA PASS-THROUGH (16) command's opcode (0x85)
does not clash with anything so it is a better choice.
In the 2.4 series of Linux kernels the DEVICE 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").
EXIT STATUS
The exit status of sg_sat_identify is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise see the
sg3_utils(8) man page.
AUTHOR
Written by Doug Gilbert
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Douglas Gilbert
This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
sg_vpd(sg3_utils), sg_inq(sg3_utils), sdparm(sdparm), hdparm(hdparm)
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